The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Delbarton was incorporated September 6, 1946, by the Mingo County Circuit Court.
The name Delbarton comes from the New Jersey country estate of Luther Kountze, a Wall Street financier and part owner of the United Thacker Land Company, a large coal mining company. Currently a Catholic high school with the same moniker, the Delbarton School, is located on this site. The estate and town and school all derive their name from a portmanteau of syllables in the names of Kountze's three children (DELancey, BARclay and LivingsTON).
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Start Delbarton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Delbarton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Delbarton, decade by decade
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Nothing in Delbarton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Delbarton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Williamson Historic District in Williamson, 5.3 miles away.
Delbarton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.