Delta County Texas. (original) (raw)
Texas | Counties 33� 23' 24" N, 95� 40' 12" W (33.39, -95.67)
Population: 5,215 est. (2016) 5,231 (2010)
Total area: 278 square miles (720 km2)
257 square miles (670 km2) land
21 square miles (54 km2) water
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Delta County History
Formed from Lamar and Hopkins counties;
created July 29, 1870
The name describes its position and triangular shape.
Cooper, the county seat
Historical Marker:
Erected in the Centennial Year, to commemorate founding of Delta County
Named for shape, resembling Greek letter [triangle], and for evident origin of its land--sedimentation at fork of North and South Sulphur Rivers.
The first (1820-30) political activity here was oversight by the Sulphur Forks Indian Commission (of the United States) of the Caddo, Delaware, Quapaw, and Seminole inhabitants.
After Texas independence in 1836, the Delta came under jurisdictions of Red River, Lamar, and Hopkins counties.
Families and wagon trains from Kentucky, Tennessee, and other states--and from other parts of Texas--settled here as early as the 1830s. The people of the Delta in 1868 petitioned for creation of the county; in 1870 the Legislature of Texas complied.
The county seat, a new town to be in the geographic center, was named for Leroy Cooper, chairman of the House Committee on Counties and Boundaries. Gov. E.J. Davis named as commissioners to organize the county: Joel Blackwell, John P. Boyd, James Hamilton, J.W. Iglehart, and Thomas J. Lane. To supervise sales of lots in Cooper, Erastus Blackwell was appointed sheriff. The organizing election was held on Oct. 6, 1870, naming Charles S. Nidever as Chief Justice. Commissioners elected were John P. Boyd, J.F. Alexander, Alfred Allen and J.M. Bledsoe.
Delta County Town List
Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, hotels, and forum.County Seat - Cooper
Book Hotel - Paris Hotels | Sulpher Springs Hotels
Delta County Vintage Maps
From 1882 Texas state map #2134
showing Delta County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
Delta County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
Delta County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
Delta County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
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