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History · Deltaville

Deltaville’s post office opened in 1909, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the F.D. CROCKETT (log deck boat). Its Register listing is the F.D. CROCKETT (log deck boat). Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1916 on.

1909first post office
1on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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From Deltaville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Deltaville began

When was Deltaville founded?

1909

The Deltaville post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Sandy Bottom (1835), Amburg (1891) and Ruark (1898), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 1,057117 years
Founding year: the first Deltaville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Deltaville’s past

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

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Deltaville, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19164 editions of the USGS map, 1916 to 1986. Watch Deltaville change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Deltaville’s post office has been open since 1909. Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Sandy Bottom
1835–1909
Amburg
1891–1960
Ruark
1898–1955
Deltaville
1909–today
Stingray Point
1940–1941
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AmburgRuarkSandy BottomStingray Point
Gone or out of use
Stingray Point Post Officepost office

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

Help out

Start Deltaville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Deltaville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewDeltavilleBallpark1952Aerial: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Deltaville on the map, 1916 to 1986

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

Deltaville on the 1916 USGS mapDeltaville on the 1948 USGS mapDeltaville on the 1964 USGS mapDeltaville on the 1986 USGS map1916Kilmarnock 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 Deltaville.

The story

How Deltaville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Deltaville.

Read it all →

Originally known as Sandy Bottom, the community decided to change the town name in 1909. The name Delta was proposed, because of the shape of the town, as it is bordered by the Rappahannock River to the North, the Piankatank River to the south, and the Chesapeake Bay to the east. There was a Delta, Virginia already in existence, so "ville" was tacked onto the end.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Deltaville, 1835 to 1960

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1835Post officeThe Sandy Bottom post office opens
  3. 1860Born hereCharles Samuel Jackson is born here
  4. 1891Post officeThe Amburg post office opens
  5. 1898Post officeThe Ruark post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1909Post officeThe Sandy Bottom post office closes
  8. 1916On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1952In the archiveDeltavilleBallpark1952Aerial
  10. 1955Post officeThe Ruark post office closes
  11. 1960Post officeThe Amburg post office closes
By decade

Deltaville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1950s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1950s1 item
DeltavilleBallpark1952Aerial1952DeltavilleBallpark1952Aerial
1960s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today5 recent
LMVFD A2020LMVFD ALooking down to2013Looking down toFd-crocket2012Fd-crocketFd-crocket (cropped)2012Fd-crocket (cropped)DeltavilleBallpark-pan2007DeltavilleBallpark-pan
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

DeltavilleBallpark1952Aerial
Retake this viewDeltavilleBallpark1952Aerial, 1952

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Deltaville’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Deltaville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2012
F.D. CROCKETT (log deck boat)
F.D. CROCKETT (log deck boat)
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Early 20th Century Chesapeake Poquoson Style Log Built Deck Boat1
F.D. CROCKETT (log deck boat)Early 20th Century Chesapeake Poquoson Style Log Built Deck Boat

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Deltaville’s history

What year was Deltaville founded?

The Deltaville post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Deltaville?

One place: the F.D. CROCKETT (log deck boat) (listed 2012).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.