Editing Delia, Kansas (section)

==History==
Delia was laid out and [[plat]]ted in 1905.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n314 207]}}</ref> Its founder, David Cunningham, named the town in honor of his mother, Delia Cunningham.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://jacksoncountyjournal.com/delia-history-p764-154.htm | title=Delia History | publisher=Jackson County Journal | accessdate=11 June 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714191052/http://jacksoncountyjournal.com/delia-history-p764-154.htm | archive-date=14 July 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The first post office in Delia was established in January 1906 and closed in November 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:JA |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=11 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009125354/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3AJA |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Post Office Changes |url=https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2017/pb22481/html/info_002.htm |website=USPS |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>