Editing Delta County, Texas

{{Short description|County in Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Delta County
 | state                = Texas
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = 1870
 | seat wl              = Cooper
 | largest city         = Cooper
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 278
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 257
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 21
 | area percentage      = 7.6
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 5230
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | ex image             = Cooper October 2015 1 (Delta County Courthouse).jpg
 | ex image size        = 250
 | ex image cap         = [[Delta County Courthouse]] in Cooper
 | web                  = www.deltacountytx.com
 | time zone            = Central
 | district             = 4th
}}

'''Delta County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 5,230.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Delta County, Texas|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/deltacountytexas/PST120221|access-date=January 31, 2022|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] and largest city is [[Cooper, Texas|Cooper]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The county was founded in 1870 and is named for its [[Triangle|triangular]] shape,<ref>{{cite book |author=Gannett, Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher=Govt. Print. Off. |year=1905 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n102 103]}}</ref> which resembles the [[Greek language|Greek]] letter [[Delta (letter)|delta]].

Meanders of two forks of the [[Sulphur River]] formed its northern and southern boundaries and meet at its easternmost point. Delta County was one of 19<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tabc.state.tx.us/local_option_elections/index.asp |title=TABC Local Option Elections |access-date=July 29, 2018 }}</ref> prohibition, or entirely [[dry counties|dry]], counties in the state of Texas. {{as of|2015}}, Delta County is no longer a dry county.

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|278|sqmi|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|257|sqmi|abbr=on}} are land and {{convert|21|sqmi|abbr=on}} (7.6%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 22, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[Image:Texas 19.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 19 (Texas)|State Highway 19]]
* [[Image:Texas 24.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 24 (Texas)|State Highway 24]]
* [[Image:Texas 154.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 154 (Texas)|State Highway 154]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Lamar County, Texas|Lamar County]] (north)
* [[Red River County, Texas|Red River County]] (northeast)
* [[Franklin County, Texas|Franklin County]] (southeast)
* [[Hopkins County, Texas|Hopkins County]] (south)
* [[Hunt County, Texas|Hunt County]] (southwest)
* [[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] (northwest)

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Cooper, Texas|Cooper]]
* [[Pecan Gap, Texas|Pecan Gap]] (small part in [[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]])
* [[Commerce, Texas|Commerce]] (majority in [[Hunt County, Texas|Hunt County]])

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col}}
* [[Antioch, Delta County, Texas|Antioch]]
* [[Ben Franklin, Texas|Ben Franklin]]
* [[Charleston, Texas|Charleston]]
* [[Crossroads, Delta County, Texas|Crossroads]]
* [[East Delta, Texas|East Delta]]
* [[Enloe, Texas|Enloe]]
* [[Horton, Delta County, Texas|Horton]]
* [[Jot Em Down, Texas|Jot Em Down]]
* [[Kensing, Texas|Kensing]]
* [[Klondike, Delta County, Texas|Klondike]]
* [[Lake Creek, Texas|Lake Creek]]
* [[Pacio, Texas|Pacio]]
* [[Rattan, Texas|Rattan]]
* [[Vasco, Texas|Vasco]]
* [[Yowell, Texas|Yowell]]
{{div col end}}

===Ghost towns===
* [[Friendship, Delta County, Texas|Friendship]]
* [[Gough, Texas|Gough]]
* [[Liberty Grove, Delta County, Texas|Liberty Grove]]
* [[Mount Joy, Texas|Mount Joy]]
* [[Needmore, Delta County, Texas|Needmore]]
* [[Post Oak, Texas|Post Oak]]
* [[Prattville, Texas|Prattville]]
* [[Price, Delta County, Texas|Price]]
* [[West Delta, Texas|West Delta]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 5597
|1890= 9117
|1900= 15249
|1910= 14566
|1920= 15887
|1930= 13138
|1940= 12858
|1950= 8964
|1960= 5860
|1970= 4927
|1980= 4839
|1990= 4857
|2000= 5327
|2010= 5231
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br />1850–2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010|publisher=Texas Almanac|access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
|2020=5230}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Delta County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Delta County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US48119&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Delta County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48119&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name="2020CensusP2">{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Delta County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48119&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|4,616
|4,351
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,189
|86.65%
|83.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |80.10%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|440
|375
|style='background: #ffffe6; |312
|8.26%
|7.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.97%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|29
|59
|style='background: #ffffe6; |42
|0.54%
|1.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.80%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|6
|30
|style='background: #ffffe6; |37
|0.11%
|0.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.71%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|2
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.04%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30
|0.00%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.57%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|69
|117
|style='background: #ffffe6; |221
|1.30%
|2.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.23%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|165
|288
|style='background: #ffffe6; |394
|3.10%
|5.51%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.53%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''5,327'''
|'''5,231'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''5,230'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

The [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. census]] determined that Delta County had a population of 5,320.<ref name="2020CensusP2" /> Among its population, the racial and ethnic makeup was 80.10% non-Hispanic white, 5.97% African American, 0.80% Native American, 0.71% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.57% some other race, 4.23% multiracial, and 7.53% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

==Politics==
Delta County is represented in the [[Texas House of Representatives]] by Republican Larry Phillips of Sherman, Texas.
{{PresHead|place=Delta County, Texas|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=July 21, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,250|397|11|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,162|403|27|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|1,836|400|45|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|1,524|454|40|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|1,580|589|18|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|1,447|627|8|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,143|726|31|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|744|849|150|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|599|864|552|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|849|1,244|8|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|1,024|973|4|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|767|1,347|28|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|421|1,563|7|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|957|581|8|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|370|1,037|475|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|339|1,619|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|460|1,360|12|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|605|1,262|10|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|707|1,585|3|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|146|1,594|160|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|133|1,706|148|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|190|2,214|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|82|1,466|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|87|2,013|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|753|958|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|479|2,186|51|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|315|1,081|102|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|72|1,254|124|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|57|705|46|Texas}}
{{U.S. SenHead|place=Delta County, Texas|Seat=1|source=<ref>{{cite news |title=2024 Senate Election (Official Returns) |website=Commonwealth of Texas by county |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/texas-senate-results}}</ref>}}
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{{U.S. SenRow|2024|Republican|2,158|453|44|Texas}}
{{U.S. SenFoot}}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Texas}}
* [[List of counties in Texas]]
* [[Dry counties]]
* [[List of museums in North Texas]]
* [[List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (Cameron-Duval)#Delta County|Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Delta County]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.deltacountytx.com/ Delta County website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051212010531/http://www.deltacounty.org/ Delta County Chamber of Commerce website]
* [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcd05 Delta County in ''Handbook of Texas Online'']
* [http://www3.historictexas.net/delta-county-texas Delta County History] at [http://www.historictexas.net HistoricTexas.net]
* [http://www.accuracyproject.org/town-JotEmDown.html Jot 'Em Down, Delta County, Texas] data at Internet Accuracy Project

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Delta County, Texas
|North     = [[Lamar County, Texas|Lamar County]]
|Northeast = [[Red River County, Texas|Red River County]]
|East      = [[Franklin County, Texas|Franklin County]]
|Southeast = [[Hopkins County, Texas|Hopkins County]]
|South     = [[Hopkins County, Texas|Hopkins County]]
|Southwest = [[Hunt County, Texas|Hunt County]]
|West      =
|Northwest = [[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]]
}}

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