Do you know of Delta ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Delta. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Delta.<1>
We found mention of Delta as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Shelby County, Tennessee.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1856 and closed in 1866.
Communities Also Named Delta ...
We found 34 communities that share the name Delta.
Within Tennessee, the name Delta is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 31 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Delta [Clay County].
- Arkansas
- Nevada County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Delta [Nevada County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Delta.
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Delta [Los Angeles County].
- San Joaquin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Delta [San Joaquin County].
- Shasta County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Delta [Shasta County].
- Colorado
- Delta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Delta [Delta County].
- Florida
- Palm Beach County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Delta [Palm Beach County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Shoshone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Delta [Shoshone County].
- Illinois
- Saline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Delta [Saline County].
- Iowa
- Keokuk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Delta [Keokuk County].
- Kentucky
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Delta [Wayne County].
- Louisiana
- Madison Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Delta [Madison Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Delta.
- Michigan
- Clinton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Delta [Clinton County].
- Eaton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Delta [Eaton County].
- Schoolcraft County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Delta [Schoolcraft County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Cape Girardeau County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Delta [Cape Girardeau County].
- New York
- Oneida County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Delta [Oneida County].
- North Carolina
- Stokes County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Delta [Stokes County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Delta.
- Pennsylvania
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Delta [York County].
- South Carolina
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Delta [Union County].
- Utah
- Millard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Delta [Millard County].
- Virginia
- Alexandria City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Delta [Alexandria City].
- Washington
- Whatcom County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Delta [Whatcom County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Bayfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Delta [Bayfield County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Delta ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Delta:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
More Orphans in Shelby County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Shelby County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Delta could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |