Delta, Pennsylvania

Quick Facts
Delta's own Short History

1744: Town settled, by the Scotch-Irish.

24 June 1880: Incorporated from the Peach Bottom Township

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

Borough Hall
http://www.deltaborough.org/

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

Biography
see also: Genealogy, History

Celebrations
The Delta centennial, 1853-1953, presents "Our town", Community Memorial Hall, Delta, Pennsylvania

Cemeteries
Slate Ridge Cemetery (located just outside of the borough, to the northwest) GNIS ID# 1187786 Latitude: 39.725N Longitude: -76.341W


 * Findagrave.com (F)
 * National Graves Registration Database (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)

Directories

 * The Bell Publishing Co's York city and county directory, 1894-'95 : 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
 * Business directory of York, Delta, Hanover, Wrightsville and Columbia, 1896-7
 * York (Pennsylvania) city directories (including Delta, Hanover, Wrightsville)

Emigration and Immigration
Ellis Island Passenger Arrival Records, 1892-1924, listing passengers who stated they are going to Delta.

Genealogy
see also: Biography, History

Daughters of the American Colonists, Peach Bottom Chapter, Delta, York County, Pennsylvania; [proofs of ancestors of chapter members]

History
see also: Biography, Genealogy

Maps

 * 1) GNIS ID# 1173144
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator

Vital Records
Social Security Death Index, begins about 1962 to at least 2 months ago.

Societies, Libraries and Museums
see also: Genealogy


 * 1) Old Line Museum
 * 2) Delta-Cardiff Heritage Festival

Websites
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.