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Welcome to Delevan ...

Delevan is located in Colusa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Delevan, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

Delevan is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Delevan lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Delevan: 530

Communities Also Named Delevan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Delevan - it's located in New York.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Delevan.

Communities near Delevan ...

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

  • Colusa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Willows
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Williams
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Maxwell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sites
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sites
    • Sites is located in Colusa County
  • Princeton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Colusa Rancheria
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
    • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
  • Afton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Afton is located in Glenn County
  • Devils Elbow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Devils Elbow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
    • Devils Elbow is located in Colusa County
  • Butte City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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 Delevan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Delevan.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Delevan. 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 Delevan.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Delevan ...

Looking for more information about Delevan? 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 Delevan, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Delevan.

Adding Delevan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Delevan 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 for Delevan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Delevan post office opened in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Delevan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Colusa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Delevan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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