Delta, Colorado Delta, Colorado Location in Delta County and the State of Colorado Location in Delta County and the State of Colorado State State of Colorado County Delta County Seat The City of Delta is the Home Rule Municipality that is the governmental center of county and the most crowded municipality of Delta County, Colorado, United States. The populace was 8,915 at the 2010 census, up from 6,400 at the 2000 census.
The United States Forest Service command posts of the Grand Mesa, Gunnison, and Uncompahgre National Forests are positioned in Delta.
Delta was assembled as a trading post for the Ute citizens and early settlers.
The town was titled because of its locale on the delta where the Uncompahgre River flows into the Gunnison River. The town was incorporated in 1882. Delta is positioned in southwestern Delta County at 38 44 27 N 108 3 48 W (38.740879, -108.063423). The downtown region is sited south of the Gunnison River and east of the Uncompaghre River.
The town/city limits extend north athwart the Gunnison into the region now known as "North Delta", then west 6 miles (10 km) along U.S.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.0 square miles (36.3 km2), of which 13.7 square miles (35.6 km2) is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km2), or 2.02%, is water. Delta is part of the Colorado Western Slope region.
The principal journal is the Delta County Independent, which is presented weekly on Wednesdays.
Montrose Regional Airport, positioned 21 miles (34 km) south of Delta, is the closest airport served by scheduled airlines.
Highway 50 runs east-west, crossing 12 states and linking Sacramento, California, with Ocean City, Maryland.
In Colorado, it passes through Delta as Main Street and joins the town/city to Montrose, Grand Junction and Pueblo.
Colorado 65.svg State Highway 65 is a 61-mile (98 km) stretch that runs north from State Highway 92 east of Delta, over the Grand Mesa, to Interstate 70 near Palisade.
Colorado 92.svg State Highway 92 begins in Delta, at the intersection of Main Street and First Street.
United States portal Egyptian Theatre (Delta, Colorado) United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Active Colorado Municipalities".
State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs.
"Colorado Municipal Incorporations".
State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Delta city, Colorado".
Delta County Colorado Tourism.
"Delta, Colorado".
About Delta Colorado.
Ferguson, Olivia Spalding, "A Sketch of Delta County History".
City of Delta official website CDOT map of the City of Delta Delta Area Chamber of Commerce Delta County Independent Municipalities and communities of Delta County, Colorado, United States State of Colorado
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Cities in Delta County, Colorado - County seats in Colorado - Colorado Western Slope - Gunnison River - Cities in Colorado
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