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Welcome to Deloit ...

Deloit is located in Holt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Deloit, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Deloit is 1,940 feet [591 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Deloit: 402 & 531<3>

Communities Also Named Deloit ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Deloit - it's located in Iowa.

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

Communities near Deloit ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Deloit ...

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

Adding Deloit to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Deloit post office opened in 1879. The Deloit post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Deloit.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Holt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Deloit - 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 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Deloit area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Deloit 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/