Delta, Pennsylvania: Difference between revisions

{{stub}}''[[United States|United States]] > [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] > [[York County, Pennsylvania|York County]] > [[York_County,_Pennsylvania_Populated_Places|Populated Places]] > Delta''

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta,_Pennsylvania Wikipedia]<br>

[http://www.deltaborough.org/home_town-10_007.htm Delta's own Short History]<br>

'''1744:''' Town settled, by the Scotch-Irish.<br>

'''24 June 1880:''' Incorporated from the [[Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania|Peach Bottom Township]]<br>

Neighboring Communities: Bryansville | Slate Hill | West Bangor | [[Cardiff, Maryland|Cardiff]], [[Maryland|Maryland]] | [[Whiteford, Maryland|Whiteford]], [[Maryland|Maryland]]

[http://www.deltaborough.org/ http://www.deltaborough.org/]<br>

Delta Borough Office<br>101 College Avenue<br>P O Box 278<br>Delta, PA 17314  

==== Biography  ====

==== Celebrations<br> ====

The Delta centennial, 1853-1953, presents "Our town", Community Memorial Hall, Delta, Pennsylvania <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=650280&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=The+Delta+centennial%2C+1853-1953%2C+p%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 "FHL US/CAN Fiche 6045081"]</ref>

==== Cemeteries  ====

Slate Ridge Cemetery (located just outside of the borough, to the northwest)<br> [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1187786 GNIS ID# 1187786] <br>Latitude: 39.725N<br>Longitude: -76.341W  

#[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=46347&CScn=Slate+Ridge&CScntry=4&CSst=40&CScnty=2307& Findagrave.com] ([[Access Codes|F]])  

#[http://www.suvcwdb.org/home/ National Graves Registration Database] ([[Access Codes|F]]) (maintained by the Sons of Union Veterans of Civil War, for both Union and Confederate) (enter the name of cemetery, there is quite a wait for the result)

==== Census  ====

==== Church History and Records  ====

==== Directories  ====

#The Bell Publishing Co's York city and county directory, 1894-'95&nbsp;: containing a general directory of York city, Delta, Hanover and Wrightsville, also alphabetical directory of York County, a classified business directory, list of county and city officers, also a new street directory <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=650190&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=The+Bell+Publishing+Co%27s+York+city+and%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 "FHL US/CAN Fiche 6045074"]</ref><br>

#Business directory of York, Delta, Hanover, Wrightsville and Columbia, 1896-7 <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=650183&amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Business+directory+of+York%2C+Delta%2C+H%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 "FHL US/CAN Fiche 6045071"]</ref><br>

#York (Pennsylvania) city directories (including Delta, Hanover, Wrightsville) <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=728859&amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=York+(Pennsylvania)+city+directories%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 "FHL US/CAN Film 2258227-2258228"]</ref>

==== Emigration and Immigration  ====

 

==== Genealogy  ====

Daughters of the American Colonists, Peach Bottom Chapter, Delta, York County, Pennsylvania; [proofs of ancestors of chapter members] <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;titleno=161067&amp;amp;disp=Daughters+of+the+American+Colonists%2C+P%20%20&amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 "FHLC US/CAN Book 974.841/D4 D2d, 974.8 A1 no. 157"]</ref><br>

==== History  ====

==== Maps  ====

#[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1173144 GNIS ID# 1173144]  

==== Newspapers  ====

==== Societies, Libraries and Museums  ====

#[http://www.deltaborough.org/home_town-10_016.htm Old Line Museum]  

#[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/PA/200003481.html Delta-Cardiff Heritage Festival]<br>

 

 

 

[http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/zsearch.aspx?ix=webtreeind&qt=l&zplace=Delta%2c+York%2c+Pennsylvania&se=Exact Webtree.com] listing individuals who born or died in Delta. Quirks in the search engine results may pick up other Delta's. Submitters of gedcoms may add, update or remove contents.