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Welcome to Delphos ...So far, we found very little information about Delphos. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Delphos to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Delphos, please Contact Us. Delphos would have been located within present day Roosevelt County<2>. The location of Delphos has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Delphos, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905. While the community is gone, the present day location for Delphos is 4,260 feet [1,298 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Delphos is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Delphos was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Delphos (for example, toward Muleshoe (TX)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Delphos would have been located in the (575) area code. Communities Also Named Delphos ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Delphos - they are located in California, Iowa, Kansas and Ohio. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Delphos. Communities near Delphos ...We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Delphos.
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 Delphos. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Delphos. We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Delphos. See our Newspapers Page for Delphos. Adding Delphos to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Delphos 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 Delphos was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Delphos on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1925). For more details, see References and Mentions for Delphos. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Roosevelt County: www.rooseveltcounty.com/ The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/ Footnotes ...
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