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Welcome to Delfore ...

Delfore is located in Craighead County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Delfore, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.

Delfore is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Delfore lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Delfore: 870 & 327<3>

Communities near Delfore ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Delfore.

  • Paragould
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Brookland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Manila
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Manila is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,339 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manila <4>
  • Gosnell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Gosnell is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
  • Lake City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Bay is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <4>
  • Monette
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Senath
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
  • Caraway
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Marmaduke
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Delfore. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Delfore.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Delfore. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delfore.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Delfore. See our Newspapers Page for Delfore.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Delfore ...

Looking for more information about Delfore? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Delfore, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Delfore.

Adding Delfore to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Delfore in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Delfore was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Delfore post office opened in 1920. The Delfore post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Delfore.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Craighead, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Delfore - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Delfore area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Delfore area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/