Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1923.
From the record
“US Post Office-Walton is a historic post office building located at Walton in Delaware County, New York, United States. It was built in 1936-1937, and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Louis A.”
Wikipedia article United States Post Office (Walton, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 78 National Register listings published here for Delaware County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.88002439- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
54 since 2002
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 54 fires within 5 miles of US Post Office-Walton
between 2002 and 2019, burning about 49 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson.
Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted
here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Reported cause
Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
31
Debris and open burning
9
Arson/incendiarism
6
Natural
4
Smoking
3
Equipment and vehicle use
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
1 working within 5 miles of US Post Office-Walton: 1 producer.
All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Walton, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 24 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 4 flood, 4 flash flood.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
Moderate flooding occurred along the West Branch Delaware River near Walton, NY. The river gauge located near Walton recorded at crest of 14.40 feet at 6:00 AM on September 8, 2011.
Very intense winds from a thunderstorm caused significant straight-line wind damage along the Route 10 corridor from Walton to Delhi. Most of the damage in this corridor resulted from estimated winds of 60 to 70 mph. The hardest hit area was near Delhi on Back River Road near a 4H camp where hundreds of trees were snapped off or uprooted in a half mile wide long path and one quarter mile wide width. At the 4-H camp Shankitunk, four cabins were crushed by falling trees. Fortunately, nobody was injured as camp officials heeded warnings and moved everyone to safe shelter. Winds in this area were estimated between 80 and 90 mph. There was also significant straight-line wind damage up to 70 mph close to Walton a East River Road where numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off. In Walton, a roof was torn off a building. The metal roof pieces fell onto wires and Route 10. The Village of Delhi also had many large trees uprooted or snapped off, some of which landed on homes, buildings, and cars. On Route 10 in Delhi, a greenhouse was lifted and tossed onto the roof a barn. 10,000 electric customers lost power, many for more than 24 hours. In Hancock a state of emergency was declared due to fallen trees and wires. 14 houses were damaged.
Several roads were affected by flooding. Water covered the southbound lanes of Route 10 just south of Walton. In Sidney Center, Route 35 was closed, and route 27 between Trout Creek and Sidney Center was closed. Depot Street was completely underwater. In Youngs, people were evacuated near Carrs Creek.
Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and poles throughout Walton. A few trees landed on houses. The local fire department was blocked by downed poles.
Thunderstorm winds blew trees and wires down in Walton and Delhi. In Walton, a roof came off a building landing on Highway 10. Trees fell down on Arbor Hill Road south of Delhi and on County Highway 10 north of Delancey.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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