Delight

Long before incorporation, the area was home to the Quapaw people and later to early settlers who built their lives along Wolf Creek. By 1832, a post office known as "Wolf Creek" connected the growing community to the wider Arkansas Territory.

In 1873, the land that would become Delight was purchased and eventually donated as a town site by William H. Kirkham, a Confederate Army veteran. When the railroad arrived in 1895, it sparked excitement and new opportunity. Kirkham described the area as "such a delightful place to live," and the town proudly adopted the name Delight. The town was officially incorporated in 1904.

The railroad ushered in an era of industry. Sawmills, timber operations, gravel shipping, merchants, physicians, and farmers all helped shape a thriving local economy. Like many American towns, Delight weathered the hardships of the Great Depression — but never lost hope. By 1937, the return of the lumber industry brought renewed growth and prosperity.