The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1889, the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railroad built a line through this area. It constructed a switch at the present townsite, which it named Comana Switch. A small community sprung up here, which soon became known as Delaware. The name became permanent when a post office was established by that name on March 19, 1898.
Discovery of oil nearby in 1904 briefly turned Delaware into a boom town with 4000 residents, but the boom burst and the population quickly fell to 108 by November 1907. The population has fluctuated since then, though generally declining from an official high of 804 in 1920.
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Nothing in Delaware is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Delaware has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cemetery Patent 110 in Delaware, 1.7 miles away.
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Then & now
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