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Welcome to Delavan ...Delavan is located in Jackson County<1>. The location of Delavan has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Delavan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892. Several communities named Delavan share the same reason for their choice of Delavan. We're speculating that it might apply here: Named for E.C.#&160;Delavan, a temperance advocate of Albany, New York. Delavan is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Delavan lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Delavan: (816) Communities Also Named Delavan ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Delavan - they are located in California, Illinois, Kansas (2), Minnesota, New York and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Delavan. Communities near Delavan ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Delavan.
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 Delavan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Delavan. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Delavan. 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 Delavan. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Delavan. See our Newspapers Page for Delavan. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Delavan ...Looking for more information about Delavan? 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 Delavan, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Delavan. Adding Delavan to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Delavan 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 Delavan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Delavan on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1904. For more details, see References and Mentions for Delavan. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Delavan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.mo.us/ The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/ Footnotes ...
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