Delta County, Texas

Founding: 1870
Parent counties: Hopkins and Lamar

Namesake: A reference to the county's triangular shape
Seat: Cooper (1870–)

Land area: 257 square miles

Population (2020): 5,230

Population (historic): 5,597 (1880); 15,249 (1900); 13,138 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1910s; 1980–2000

Subdivisions: Two cities

National Register listings: 0

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 290 (11.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 11.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 35.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $634
Average outbuilding value (1930): $277
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,191
Average farm size (1920): 56.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama
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Cooper

Namesake: Leroy Cooper, Texas politician

Founding: 1870 (platting); 1871 (post office); 1881 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,911

Population (historic): 294 (1880); 1,518 (1900); 2,023 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1960–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 114 (12.2%)
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