Hello and welcome to Delta County, Colorado! This web site was created to help you with your genealogy research. We hope you find many pleasant surprises as you browse the pages.

Delta County is available for adoption. If you have an interest in Delta County and an interest in helping others with their research please contact the State Coordinator.

HISTORY

The county of Delta was segregated from Gunnison by an act of the General Assembly, February 11th, 1883. Its area is 1,150 square miles, and its population in 1890 was 2,534. Its county seat and principal town of the same name is eligibly situated upon the broad and fertile delta at the junction of the Gunnison and Uncompahgre rivers, whence its name. The county is bounded on the north and west by Mesa, east by Gunnison, and south by Montrose. The Gunnison, Uncompahgre, Rio Escalante, Robadoux, Smith’s Fork, Forked Tongue, Currant, Dominguez, Surface and Leroux creeks and the North Fork of the Gunnison are the principal streams. Agriculture, horticulture and stock growing are the chief industries. Other well known but smaller points in the county are Adams, Pamonie and Hotchkiss.

The first county officers were: Commissioners, Samuel Wade, chairman, Enos Hotchkiss, A. E. Kirkbride; clerk and recorder, E. L. Kellogg; sheriff, Charles L. Andrews; treasurer, T. H. McGranahan; county judge, W. A. McDougal; surveyor, Wm. L. Marcy; assessor, Daniel J. McCormick; superintendent of schools, George H. Merchant; coroner, W. O. Stephens. The officers of the county for 1890-91 were: Commissioners, Robert B. Hamilton, Henry Teachout and N. M. Heistand; sheriff, W. S. Girardet; clerk and recorder, Adam Wishart; treasurer, Amos R. Howard; county judge, G. W. Henry; surveyor, J. A. Curtis; assessor, F. R. Burritt; superintendent of schools, P. M. Condit; coroner, Dr. H. K. Brasted; clerk of the district court, Arthur H. Brown.

The city of Delta is the headquarters for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests. The Ute trail follows one of the main routes used by Utes for centuries before settlers arrived in the area, starting at the south rim of the Gunnison Gorge and winding down to the Gunnison River.

Lots of new pictures from Marcella Birzer of Old time Delta. 

Check out this link to the Delta County Records.  Lots of online records to search,
and view the document online  http://clerk.deltacounty.com/