Delta County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties D  Delta County

County Courthouse
Delta County Courthouse 200 W Dallas Avenue Cooper, TX 75432 Phone: 903.395.4110 County Clerk has birth, probate, and court records from 1903, marriage records from 1870, death records from 1916 and land records

History
Sometimes referred to as the Vetch Capital of the World. The first settlers arrived in the early 1840's.

Parent County
1870--Delta County was created 29 July 1870 from Hopkins and Lamar Counties. County seat: Cooper

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Delta County border changes.

Record Loss
1899--The Delta County Courthouse at Cooper was destroyed by fire on 9 March 1899. Nearly all of the county records were stored in a fireproof vault and were saved. Records in the district clerk's office, probably records on current cases, were destroyed.

Neighboring Counties

 * Fannin
 * Franklin
 * Hopkins
 * Hunt
 * Lamar
 * Red River

Maps
Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the TXGenWeb site.

Newspapers

 * Wikipedia has a list of online newspaper archives for Texas.
 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has The Paris News from 1925 that may include residents from Delta County.

Vital Records

 * Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
 * Texas Death Records 1890 – 1976 [with images] Name index and images of statewide death certificates, 1890-1976. The name index has been created by FamilySearch and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.