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Welcome to Delena ...

Delena is located in Columbia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Delena, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Delena is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Delena lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Delena: 503 & 971<3>

Communities near Delena ...

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

  • Longview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Longview is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,515 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longview <4>
  • Kelso
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Kelso is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,438 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kelso <4>
  • Kalama
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Kalama is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalama
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,844 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kalama <4>
  • Castle Rock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Vernonia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Columbia City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Rainier
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Clatskanie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Cathlamet
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Prescott
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Prescott is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Delena ...

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

Adding Delena to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Delena post office opened in 1892. The Delena post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Delena.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Delena - 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 503 code has been Overlayed with the 971 area code. New phone numbers in the Delena area will be assigned with one of these codes: 503 or 971. As a result, placing a call in the Delena 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/