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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Delta (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Delta. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Delta ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Over the years, Delta had several name changes:

  • Prior to its current name of Delta, it was known as Melville.
  • Before changing to Melville, it was named Burtner.
  • The city of Delta was originally named Akin

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

A Few Details for Delta ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

  • Delta was settled in 1906.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Delta is located in Millard County.

To see how the shape of Utah's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Millard County: Lincoln (NV), White Pine (NV), Beaver, Juab, Sanpete & Sevier.

Below are the counties that are near Delta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Delta:

  • Millard County     (The home county of Delta)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
    • Sutherland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
      • Sutherland is located in Millard County
    • Oasis
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hinckley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Woodrow ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodrow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrow
      • Woodrow is located in Millard County
    • Deseret
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deseret
      • Deseret is located in Millard County
    • Fort Deseret ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deseret
      • Fort Deseret is located in Millard County
    • Sugarville ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarville
      • Sugarville is located in Millard County
      • Former names for Sugarville:
      • Alfalfa
      • Omaha
    • Abraham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
      • Abraham is located in Millard County
    • Lucerne ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lucerne. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
      • Lucerne is located in Millard County
    • Sunflower ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sunflower. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
      • Sunflower is located in Millard County
    • Oak City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
      • Oak City is located in Millard County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 654 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak City <1>
    • McCornick ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCornick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCornick
      • McCornick is located in Millard County
      • McCornick has also been known as:
      • Pahvant
  • Juab County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.
    • Joy ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
      • Joy is located in Juab County
    • Mills ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
      • Mills is located in Juab County
      • Former names for Mills:
      • Suckertown
      • Wellingtno

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Delta, see our County-by-County Page for Delta.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Delta ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Delta.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Delta. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Delta and those printed in the larger area surrounding Delta.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Delta.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Delta:

Cemeteries Near Delta ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delta.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Delta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

While we didn't find Delta in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Delta.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Delta, with the one closest to Delta listed first.

  • Oasis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Deseret
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deseret
    • Deseret is located in Millard County
  • Oak City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
    • Oak City is located in Millard County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 654 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak City <1>
  • Leamington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leamington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leamington
    • Leamington is located in Millard County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leamington <1>
  • Neels
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neels have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neels
    • Neels is located in Millard County
  • Holden
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
    • Holden is located in Millard County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
    • Former names for Holden:
    • Cedar Springs
    • Fort Buttermilk
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holden <1>
  • Scipio
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Fillmore
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Delta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delta.

The official website for Delta: www.deltautah.com/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Delta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Delta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3525, Longitude: -112.5770    
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Delta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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