Editing Delphos, Ohio

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{{Other uses|Delphos (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox settlement
| official_name                   = Delphos, Ohio
| settlement_type                 = [[City]]
| nickname                        = 
| motto                           = "America's Friendliest City"
| image_skyline                   = Delphos, Ohio.jpg
| imagesize                       = 
| image_caption                   = North Main Street in Delphos
| image_flag                      = Flag of Delphos, Ohio.png
| image_seal                      = Seal of Delphos, Ohio.png
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| map_caption                     = Location of Delphos in Allen County
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| pushpin_label                   = Delphos
| subdivision_type                = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name                = United States
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Ohio]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in Ohio|Counties]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Allen County, Ohio|Allen]], [[Van Wert County, Ohio|Van Wert]]
| subdivision_type3               = [[List of Ohio townships|Townships]]
| subdivision_name3               = [[Marion Township, Allen County, Ohio|Marion]], [[Washington Township, Van Wert County, Ohio|Washington]]
| government_footnotes            = 
| government_type                 = [[Mayor–council]]
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = 
| leader_title1                   = 
| leader_name1                    = 
| established_title               = Established in
| established_date                = 1836-1842
| unit_pref                       = Imperial
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| area_magnitude                  = 
| area_total_km2                  = 8.72
| area_land_km2                   = 8.60
| area_water_km2                  = 0.12
| area_total_sq_mi                = 3.37
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 3.32
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.04
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_est                  = 7061
| pop_est_as_of                   = 2023
| pop_est_footnotes               = <ref name="2023 est">{{cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Ohio: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2023-POP-39.xlsx |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref>
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_total                = 7117
| population_density_km2          = 827.16
| population_density_sq_mi        = 2142.38
| timezone                        = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset                      = -5
| timezone_DST                    = EDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = -4
| elevation_footnotes             = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft                    = 768
| coordinates                     = {{coord|40|51|40|N|84|21|00|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 45833
| area_code                       = [[Area code 419|419]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 39-21602<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name                     = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info                     = 2394508<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2394508}}</ref>
| website                         = {{URL|http://www.cityofdelphos.com}}
| footnotes                       = 
}}
'''Delphos''' is a city in [[Allen County, Ohio|Allen]] and [[Van Wert County, Ohio|Van Wert]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Ohio]] approximately 14&nbsp;mi (23&nbsp;km) northwest of [[Lima, Ohio|Lima]] and 13&nbsp;mi (21&nbsp;km) east of [[Van Wert, Ohio|Van Wert]].  The population was 7,117 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].

The Allen County portion of Delphos is part of the [[Lima, Ohio metropolitan area]], while the Van Wert County portion is part of the [[Lima–Van Wert–Wapakoneta, OH, combined statistical area]].

==History==
[[File:Miami and Erie Canal in Delphos.jpg|thumb|Remaining section of the Erie and Miami Canal in downtown Delphos|left]]Delphos had its start in the early 1850s with the merger of neighboring rival towns.  These were the towns of Howard (in the northwest), Section 10 (in the east), Bredeick Street (south of Howard) and East Bredeick (named after Father John Otto Bredeick, a Bavarian priest,  who had purchased the tract of land in 1840). In 1851, the four towns agreed to form a single town called Delphos.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=53|title=Ohio Town Names|publisher=Atlantic Press|year=1958|location=Akron, OH|page=37}}</ref>  The city's name is derived from the Greek god [[Delphus]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n102 103]}}</ref>

The [[Miami and Erie Canal]], a 274-mile (441-km) canal connecting Cincinnati to Toledo, ran through Delphos. The first settlers to Delphos were mainly construction workers attracted by the work being done on the Canal.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=History {{!}} City of Delphos Ohio|url=https://cityofdelphos.com/government/history|access-date=2021-05-01|website=cityofdelphos.com}}</ref> After 20 years of construction, the Canal was completed—an inaugural canal boat carrying the governor of Ohio passed through Delphos on July 4, 1845.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Miami and Erie Canal / Delphos Historical Marker|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=165884|access-date=2021-05-01|website=www.hmdb.org|language=en}}</ref>

The Canal was crucial to the economic development of the city in the 19th century, since it positioned Delphos as a center of regional trade. Indeed, Delphos became one of the major ports along the Canal, with transshipment facilities linking the Canal to the growing rail network in the region. Industrialists were also attracted by the Canal.  By 1879, more than 100 factories located in Delphos produced goods for national and international trade.<ref name=":0" />  However, rail transport eventually came to dominate long-haul commercial transport and Delphos' importance as a hub of commerce waned.<ref name=":1" />

Three Delphos buildings are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: the [[Marks-Family House]] and [[St. John's Catholic Church (Delphos, Ohio)|St. John's Catholic Church]] on the Allen County side of the city, and the [[Bredeick-Lang House]] on the Van Wert County side (see Gallery below).<ref>{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.48|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|3.44|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2013-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1850= 374
|1860= 425
|1870= 1667
|1880= 3814
|1890= 4516
|1900= 4517
|1910= 5038
|1920= 5745
|1930= 5672
|1940= 5746
|1950= 6220
|1960= 6961
|1970= 7608
|1980= 7314
|1990= 7093
|2000= 6944
|2010= 7101
|2020= 7117
|estyear=2023
|estimate=7061
|estref=<ref name="2023 est"/>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR2" /><ref name=Census1870>{{cite web|title=Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1870a-08.pdf|work=Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Ninth Census|date=1870|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=24 April 2020 }}</ref><ref name=Census1880>{{cite web|title=Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-11.pdf|date=1880|work=Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref><ref name=Census1910>{{cite web|title=Population: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/36894832v3ch3.pdf|work=1910 U.S. Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref><ref name=Census1930>{{cite web|title=Population: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch08.pdf|work=1930 US Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Ohio|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/37749282v1p37_ch02.pdf|date=1960|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-37.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/delphoscityohio,US/PST045221|title=Delphos city, Ohio|website=census.gov|accessdate=June 29, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 7,101 people, 2,893 households, and 1,865 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2064.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 3,137 housing units at an average density of {{convert|911.9|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.8% of the population.

There were 2,893 households, of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.5% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.00.

The median age in the city was 38.6 years. 24.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.8% were from 25 to 44; 25.5% were from 45 to 64; and 17.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.6% male and 51.4% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 6,944 people, 2,717 households, and 1,880 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,391.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,906 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,001.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.63% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.27% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.19% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.24% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.52% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.76% of the population.

There were 2,717 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.8% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $35,817, and the median income for a family was $44,385. Males had a median income of $32,917 versus $21,124 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,380. About 5.6% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.5% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Parks and recreation==
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Delphos City Parks include Stadium Park, Waterworks Park, Leisure Park, Garfield Park and Suever Park. Stadium Park is home to a football field where the Delphos Jefferson Wildcats and the St. Johns Blue Jays play. The Stadium was built in 1940 and has the capacity of 3900 people. Stadium Park also has multiple tennis courts, baseball fields, basketball courts, a playground, and eating area.

==Education==
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Delphos City Schools include [[Delphos Jefferson High School|Jefferson High School]], Jefferson Middle School, Franklin Elementary School, and St Johns High School. Franklin Elementary is located in Allen County, and The Middle School (former High School) and the High School buildings are located in Van Wert County.

[[St. John's High School (Delphos, Ohio)|Delphos St. John's]], the city's Roman Catholic High School, and St. John's Elementary school are both part of [[St. John's Catholic Church (Delphos, Ohio)|St. John's Catholic Church]] and the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo]]. Both the high school and elementary buildings are located in Allen County.

==Notable people==
* [[Zane Grey]] – author
* [[Bill Lange (offensive guard)|Bill Lange]] – American football player
* [[Clara Chipman Newton]] – 19th century [[china painter]]
* [[Leslie Peltier]] – astronomer and prolific discoverer of comets and variable stars.
* [[Sabrina Scharf]] – actress.
* [[Thomas Weinandy]] – Catholic priest and theologian.

== Gallery: Delphos in the National Register of Historic Places ==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:St. John's Catholic Church in Delphos, southern side and front.jpg|South side of Saint John’s Catholic Church
File:Saint John the Evangelist (Delphos, Ohio), exterior, entrance.jpg|Entrance to Saint John’s Catholic Church
File:Bredeick-Lang House from south.jpg|The Bredeick-Lang house, south side
File:Bredeick-Lang House from east.jpg|The Bredeick-Lang house, east side
File:Marks-Family House.jpg|The Marks-Family house
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.cityofdelphos.com/ City website]
* [http://www.delphos-ohio.com/ Chamber of Commerce]

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{{Van Wert County, Ohio}}
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[[Category:Cities in Allen County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Cities in Van Wert County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1844]]
[[Category:1844 establishments in Ohio]]
[[Category:Cities in Ohio]]