Delmita

Delmita is four miles south and a mile east of San Isidro in northeast Starr County. Nic?foro G. Pe?a, Sr., founded the community in 1919 and named it Zaragosa. He moved his family there from Santa Theresa ranch, opened a general store, and soon started a post office. The mail carrier brought the mail by horseback from Linn three times a week; he exchanged horses in Zaragosa, continued his route to Rio Grande City, and brought more mail when he returned and got his own horse back. In 1931 Zaragosa had to change its name, because the mail was often confused with that of Saragosa in Reeves County. According to some records, on April 1, 1931, the name was changed to Delmita, a designation constructed from letters drawn by Pe?a's seven sons. The Texas Almanac , however, listed Zaragosa as a separate community with a population and business figures distinct from those of Delmita from 1931 to 1948; thereafter, Zaragosa no longer appeared in the almanac.