Editing Daleville, Indiana (section)

==History==
Daleville was founded by American Revolutionary War veteran Alexander "Campbell" Dale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dalevilleindiana.org/town-history/|title=The "Newest Town" in Indiana}}</ref>

Daleville was named after Campbell Dale, when his family settled at the site in the 1820s.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lx4VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA98 | title=A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana, Volume 1 | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | author=Kemper, William Harrison | year=1908 | pages=98}}</ref> It was [[plat]]ted in 1838.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lasley|first=Norma|title=Delaware County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UhqWZY1YhakC&pg=PA21|year=2012|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-9430-9|page=21}}</ref>

Daleville is the newest town in Indiana, as it was officially incorporated as a town in 1982 to avoid annexation by its neighbor [[Chesterfield, Indiana|Chesterfield]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flook |first=Chris |title=Bygone Muncie: The Great Daleville-Chesterfield Border War of 1982 |url=https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2018/08/19/bygone-muncie-great-daleville-chesterfield-border-war-1982/987446002/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=The Star Press |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Daleville Broncos high school baseball team won the 2016 and 2018 Indiana high school athletic association 1a baseball state titles.

[[File:Daleville-indiana-from-above.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Daleville from above, looking southwest]]