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Welcome to Delawanna ...

Delawanna is located in Passaic County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Delawanna, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Delawanna is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Delawanna lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Delawanna: 973 & 862<3>

Communities near Delawanna ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Delawanna ...

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

Adding Delawanna to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Delawanna post office opened in 1895.

We also found Delawanna on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Delawanna.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Passaic, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Delawanna - 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 973 code has been Overlayed with the 862 area code. New phone numbers in the Delawanna area will be assigned with one of these codes: 973 or 862. As a result, placing a call in the Delawanna 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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