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History · Sutherland

Sutherland’s post office opened in 1913, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1962 on and the census since 1920.

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How Sutherland began

When was Sutherland founded?

1913

The Sutherland post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 446 in 19202020 census: 147113 years
Founding year: the first Sutherland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Sutherland’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 Sutherland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Sutherland’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sutherland’s history is told.

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The story

How Sutherland came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sutherland.

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In 1909, a tract of thousands of acres of land northwest of the new city of Delta became available for agricultural settlement, under the terms of the Carey Act. Settlers began to cluster around the property of Myron Abbott, regarded as founder of the community, which was known early on as North Tract or West Delta. By 1912, there were 80 families with 121 children of school age in the area. Tired of waiting for county officials, private citizens built a public schoolhouse in 1913. Then residents petitioned for the creation of a voting precinct and school district. The name Sutherland was chosen in honor of

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Timeline

Sutherland, 1913 to 1962

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1913Post officeThe Sutherland post office opens
  3. 1915Post officeThe Sutherland post office closes
  4. 1962On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Sutherland, decade by decade

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On the map

Sutherland on the map, 1962 to 1986

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

Sutherland on the 1962 USGS mapSutherland on the 1986 USGS map1962Delta 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 Sutherland.

People over time

Sutherland, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 507

Between 147 and 507 people in every census since 1920.

6 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Sutherland’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Sutherland had its own post office from 1913 to 1915.

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1cemetery inside Sutherland
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Sutherland’s history

What year was Sutherland founded?

The Sutherland post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.