Editing Delhi, Louisiana (section)

==History==
In 1890, the [[Delhi Institute (Louisiana)|Delhi Institute]] was founded in Delhi, Louisiana; a Black private school affiliated with the [[African Methodist Episcopal Church|A.M.E. church]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Mitchell |first=Henry H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T8YnhqReFKYC&pg=PA158 |title=Black Church Beginnings: The Long-Hidden Realities of the First Years |date=October 4, 2004 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-0-8028-2785-2 |pages=158 |language=en}}</ref> Delhi Institute was renamed to Lampton College; after a 1907 fire, the campus was moved to [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, before being absorbed sometime after 1945 by [[Campbell College (Mississippi)|Campbell College]] in Jackson, Mississippi.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="eraofprogress">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uT4LPyzvEWUC |title=An Era of Progress and Promise: 1863–1910 |date= |publisher=Priscilla Pub. Co. |year=1910 |editor-last=Hartshorn |editor-first=W. N. |location=Boston, MA |pages=289 |language=en |oclc=5343815 |editor-last2=Penniman |editor-first2=George W.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wright |first=Richard Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mL0vAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA316 |title=Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church |date=1916 |publisher=Book Concern of the A.M.E. Church |pages=316 |language=en}}</ref>

In the 1940s, Delhi was the center of a large [[natural gas]] boom. Numerous workers came to work in the industry. Several functioning gas fields still surround the town.

From 1968 until 1969, Delhi Fire Department was home to the now defunct [[Louisiana State Police]] - Troop O. The site was abandoned in 1969 after thirteen months' operation, with state services reverting to Troop F in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref>[http://www.lsp.org/troopfhistory.html "Troop History"], Louisiana State Police</ref>

On February 21, 1971, as part of the [[February 1971 Mississippi Delta tornado outbreak]], Louisiana's only recorded F5 [[1971 Inverness tornado|tornado]] struck outside of Delhi. It resulted in forty-seven deaths and was the deadliest F5 tornado to hit the United States since the [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]], Mississippi, [[Candlestick Park tornado]] in 1966. It was the earliest confirmed F5 tornado during a year.