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History · Lake Delta

Half of Lake Delta’s homes were built after 1964

Most of Lake Delta was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1964. Below: maps from 1904 on.

0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lake Delta’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lake Delta are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19044 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1978. Watch Lake Delta change.Old housesHalf of Lake Delta’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lake Delta’s history is told.

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On the map

Lake Delta on the map, 1904 to 1978

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lake Delta. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Lake Delta on the 1904 USGS mapLake Delta on the 1947 USGS mapLake Delta on the 1955 USGS mapLake Delta on the 1978 USGS map1904Boonville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lake Delta.

The story so far

Lake Delta, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lake Delta yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Lake Delta is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Lee in Oneida County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lake Delta had a population of 2,757. The hamlet is named after, and located on, the western shore of the Delta Reservoir.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Lake Delta

Nobody well known was born in Lake Delta itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Pat RileyAmerican basketball player, coach and executive · b. 1945
Bruce DavidsonEquestrian · b. 1949
Robert EscheAmerican ice hockey goaltender · b. 1978
James Willard Schultz(1859-1947) American historian · b. 1859
William Jay GaynorAmerican politician; Mayor of New York City fro… · b. 1848
Albert BarnesAmerican theologian · b. 1798
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Rome13 historic placesA+LeeIts storyB−

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.