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Welcome to Delaware ...

Delaware is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Delaware is located in Shannon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Delaware, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Delaware is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Delaware: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Delaware ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Delaware - they are located in Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Delaware ...

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

  • Mountain View
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Winona
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Birch Tree
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Eminence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Summersville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Montier
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Montier is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
  • Round Spring
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
  • Fremont
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fremont is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
  • Hartshorn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
  • Akers
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Akers is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Delaware ...

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

Adding Delaware to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Delaware post office opened in 1871. The Delaware post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Delaware.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Shannon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Delaware - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Delaware area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Delaware 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/