Big Delta
Southeast Fairbanks (CA) · USGS GNIS name record 1398949
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Original USGS record for Big Delta ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 06/07/2022 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
At the junction of Delta and Tanana Rivers, 73 miles southwest of Fairbanks.
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.
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