Welcome to Delano ...

So far, we found very little information about Delano. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Delano to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Delano, please Contact Us.

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Delano would have been located within present day Elko County<2>.

Delano was founded in 1890.

Several communities named Delano share the same reason for their choice of Delano. We're speculating that it might apply here: Named for Columbus Delano; Secretary of the Interior under President Grant.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Delano is 6,390 feet [1,948 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Delano is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Delano was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Delano, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

The Area Code where Delano was located: 775

Communities Also Named Delano ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Delano - they are located in California, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Delano ...

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

• Etna
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Etna is located in Box Elder County (UT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
• Grouse Creek
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Grouse Creek is located in Box Elder County (UT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grouse Creek
  • Former name for Grouse Creek:
  • Grouse Creek Fort
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grouse Creek <4>
• Contact ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Contact is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contact
• San Jacinto
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • San Jacinto is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
• Delaplain ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Delaplain is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplain
• Grouse Creek Junction
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Grouse Creek Junction is located in Box Elder County (UT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grouse Creek Junction
• Henry ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Henry is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
• Montello
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Montello is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montello <4>
• Shores ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Shores is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shores
• Idavada ‑ Historic
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Idavada is located in Twin Falls County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idavada

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

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

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