History of Big Delta

Village established in 1904 by the U.S. Army Signal Corps as the Mccarthy (or Mccarty) Telegraph Station. The Washburn post office was established here, or near here, and operated from 1905 to 1913. The Big Delta post office operated from 1925 to 1959, from which the village received its present name. Its population was 155 in 1950.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Big Delta

Mason Narrows,

Delta Junction,

Shaw Creek Flats, Shaw Creek Flats,

Big D Pond, Bluff Cabin Lake, Little Lost Lake, Lost Lake, Quartz Lake, Richardson 81 Mile Pond, Thompson Lake,

Fourmile Hill,

Bates Rapids,

Bluff Cabin Ridge,

Delta River, Goodpaster River,

Caribou Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Flat Creek, Indian Creek, Jarvis Creek,

Big Delta,