BlockDelaware, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Delaware City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43015. It stands on Delaware Run. The Survey maps it on the Delaware quadrangle. 41,302 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 837 feet above sea level.
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Then and now
1924 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
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On record in Delaware
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 of 34 shown
Austin Halllisted 1985
George Bieber House and Farmlisted 1991
Crist Tavern Annex-Millworkers Boarding Houselisted 1994
Delaware County Courthouselisted 1973
Delaware County Jail and Sheriff's Residencelisted 1990
Delaware Post Officelisted 2020
Delaware Public Librarylisted 1983
Edwards Gymnasium/Pfieffer Natatoriumlisted 1985
High Houselisted 1986
Limestone Valelisted 1978
Forrest Meeker House and Farmlisted 1991
Mill Worker House No. 1listed 1991
Every listing in Delaware County
Businesses named in the fire insurance atlases 12 of 25 shown
- Lutheran ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1890 to 1911
- Delaware Chair CoChair Factory, in the atlas of 1890 to 1901
- Herald PrintingPrinting, in the atlas of 1890 to 1895
- Moyer's Carriage ShopCarriage Shop, in the atlas of 1895 to 1901
- Opera HouseOpera House, in the atlas of 1895 to 1901
- Reformed ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1890 to 1901
- Zion A. M. E. ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1901 to 1911
- Anthoni, F, &Sons, BreweryBrewery, in the atlas of 1890
- Asbury M. E. 'ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1901
- Asbury Meth. Epis'l ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1911
- Beech's Ice Cream FactoryIce House, in the atlas of 1895
- Big Four R. R. ShopsShop, in the atlas of 1901
Population over time
2 figuresDelaware grew from 34,753 to 41,302 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 34,753 | |
| 2020 | 41,302 | +6,549 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1924 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
29,036 words on this townshipHistory of Delaware County and Ohio. Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio ... Biographical Sketches ... Etc, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Delaware City Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
William P. Raid was admitted to the bar in 1849. He came to his profession with very slender opportunities of acquiring a fine education ; but, by a good share of common sense, perseverance, and industry, he gradually rose to distinction in the law. He never assumed to be any great master of the law, but that in practice he was able more than to make up, by his tact, industry, and management of the jury, the witnesses, and the facts. It was his good fortune to be employed in a number of cases for injuries against the railroads at an early day after their construction, in which he received most ample damages. This, at the time of his death, gave him the reputation as a jury lawyer unequaled in the State. During the rebellion he went into the army of the Union, as Colonel of the One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with credit to himself, and was gTeatly commended by his men for his kindness to them, and attention to every demand of humanity. After the termination of this service, which was by his resignation, he again returned to his professional vocation with his usual success ; and so continued until his death, in March, 1879, which was greatly lamented by the whole community, but especially by his famUy, to whom it was an irretrievable calamity, and to whom he had ever been remarkably kind and attentive. In politics, he was always distinguished as a Democrat and as a partisan.
Passage source: History of Delaware County and Ohio. Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio ... Biographical Sketches ... Etc, published 1880.
Leander J. Critchfield, the late Reporter of the Supreme Court of Ohio, was for a number of years a member of the Delaware bar. He was a native of Ohio, it is believed, and a gTaduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University at this place, in the year 1849. He became a law student of Judge Finch, and was admitted to the bar soon after, and then became the partner of Mr. Finch in the business of the profession. He was a successful practitioner at the Delaware bar until after his appointment, by the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State, to be their Reporter. His first volume of the reports, entitled "The Ohio State Reports," being the fifth volume of a new series, was published in 1858, commencing with the decisions of the court in the term of December, 1855. He continued to be Reporter of the Court until 1872, when he published the last volume of his reports, being the twenty-first volume of the new series. His duties as Reporter were ably and faithfully performed, and these reports j-emain as an honorable monument to his professional abilities and industry. In the mean time, he continued his practice in the courts at Delaware, as well as in all the courts at Columbus, where he established his residence soon after his appointment as Reporter, of the Supreme Court, and where he still continues the practice of his profession. He, therefore, at the present time, is more a representative of the Columbus bar than that of Delaware.
Passage source: History of Delaware County and Ohio. Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio ... Biographical Sketches ... Etc, published 1880.
Henry J. Eaton is a member of the Delaware bar, and came of one of the oldest and most respectable families. He soon acquired the confidence of thft citizens as an honest and faithful lawyer, and in his profession gaining reputation ; when he became a partner of Mr. Reid, with whom he continued several years, and then retired from practice for a time, but has returned to it, and holds his position in the entire confidence of his fellowcitizens.
Passage source: History of Delaware County and Ohio. Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio ... Biographical Sketches ... Etc, published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Delaware City Township - it names this place 113 more 113 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 2,724 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,724 specimens collected within 10 miles of Delaware between 1850 and 1975: 2,559 Animalia, 100 Plantae, 60 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A S BRADSHAW, A. P. Morgan, A. Spreitzer & K. Borror and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ovularia obliqua (Cooke) Oudem. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
 | Peronospora arthurii Farl. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Alum Creek |
 | Puccinia asteris Duby | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Alum Creek |
 | Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1850 | Kugel, B. (Burt) | near Selma, Ohio, USA |
 | Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1860 | Ricke, A. S. | Carlisle, Ohio, USA |
| Vernonia maxima Small | 1871 | Collector unspecified | Scioto | |
 | Centronyx henslowii (Audubon, 1829) | 1872 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Ohio, USA |
 | Ophioglossum vulgatum L. | 1873 | Hussey, J. | |
 | Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1874 | not recorded | Sugar Grove, Ohio, USA |
 | Branta bernicla hrota (O.F.Müller, 1776) | 1874 | not recorded | Lake Erie, Ohio, USA |
 | Melospiza lincolnii (Audubon, 1834) | 1874 | Wheaton, J. M. (John Maynard) | Licking Reservoir, Ohio, USA |
 | Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1874 | Jasper, T. (Theodore) | Columbus, Scioto R., Ohio, USA |
All 2,724 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
60 of 83 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delaware in 83 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 52 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 6 flood, 4 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | 1 hurt, $5,000 | Trees and limbs were downed, at least one falling on a house. Outbuildings were damaged. A 36 year-old man had to be hospitalized after lightning hit the barn he was in as he sat in a metal chair. |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Delaware | $620,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Delaware | $250,000 | As much as five inches of rain caused severe flooding in and around Delaware. 154 homes were damaged, many in subdivisions along State Route 257 northwest of Powell. 34 mobile homes in the Shroyers Mobile Home Park just north of Delaware sustained damage when the Olentangy River rose out of its banks, and forced a few evacuations. Numerous roads and bridges were damaged by high water and culvert washouts. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $100,000 | Numerous trees downed. Six homes were damaged when trees fell on them. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $50,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed throughout Delaware County. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $25,000 | A roof was blown off of a structure in Delaware due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $25,000 | Several large trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds. A dugout collapsed at Delaware Christian sporting fields. |
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Delaware | $20,000 | A weak tornado initially touched down just south of the Buckeye|Valley Middle School. The damage near the school was limited to|one tree with a limb down. The track continued north-northeast|into a residential area. In this residential area several 2 to 4|inch limbs were snapped and a few shallow-rooted trees were|uprooted. Roof damage was observed due to a fallen tree on Coover|Road and a barn had part of the roof cave in on its east side.||The tornado lifted until it crossed US-23 just west of Delaware|Dam. A small cluster of trees were twisted on the west side of the|highway.||The next location is Delaware State Park where the tornado was on|the ground for a few minutes. At Delaware State Park, a few|partially rotten large limbs were downed and numerous 2 to 3 inch|limbs were also downed. Also, several shallow rooted trees were|uprooted. A medium-sized dumpster near the marina was tipped and|moved about 20 feet. Three boats at the marina sustained minor|awning damage. A few 2 to 3 inch tree limbs around the marina were|snapped. Across the river from the marina, a snapped limb marked|the end of the tornado track. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $20,000 | A two to three foot diameter tree was reported down. Several tree limbs fell on cars. Railroad crossing arm guard equipment was damaged. These occurrences were due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $20,000 | Roof peeled off a barn and numerous trees downed. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $15,000 | Two tractor trailers were blown over and shingles were ripped off of a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $10,000 | Several trees and wires were downed in and near the city of Delaware. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $10,000 | There were numerous reports of downed trees in Delaware County due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Delaware | $10,000 | Trees were also knocked down near the intersection of State Route 37 and Houk Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $8,000 | Several trees were downed across mainly western portions of Delaware County. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $8,000 | A street lamp was blown down. A house sustained siding damage and had roof shingles peeled off in the same neighborhood. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $8,000 | Several tents were blown down at the Delaware County Fairgrounds. Trees were also downed. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $6,000 | Several trees were downed in Delaware as well as in Concord Township. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $6,000 | Several trees up to twelve inches in diameter were knocked down across the southern and central portions of the county. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $5,000 | Several trees were downed in the city of Delaware, including in Mingo Park. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Delaware | $5,000 | There were numerous reports in the city of Delaware of roads closed due to high water. The city had high water throughout. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $5,000 | There were several reports of trees down around Delaware County due to thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $5,000 | Tiles were blown off the roof of a building in town. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $5,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines downed. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $5,000 | Trees and power lines downed. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $5,000 | Several trees downed. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $5,000 | Trees were downed. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $5,000 | Large hail fell in Delaware and winds were reported at 75 mph in Ashley. Trees were downed in both locations. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Delaware | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $4,000 | A few trees were downed along U.S. 23 in Delaware. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $4,000 | Several trees were reported knocked down throughout the county. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $4,000 | An awning over a gas station collapsed. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $3,000 | Wires were knocked down at multiple locations. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $3,000 | Several large trees were knocked down in Mingo Park. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $3,000 | Trees were down along Curve Road due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $3,000 | Trees were downed. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $3,000 | Twelve to fifteen large tree limbs were downed across the Ohio Wesleyan University campus. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $3,000 | A few trees and a power pole were downed. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $2,000 | There were multiple reports of trees down from gust front winds. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $2,000 | Large tree limbs were downed. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $2,000 | Large tree limbs were knocked down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $2,000 | Two trees were downed. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $2,000 | Powerlines were knocked down. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $1,000 | A tree was downed along River Street. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $1,000 | One tree was knocked down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $1,000 | Several five inch diameter trees snapped in half at their trunks. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Delaware | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $200 | A 4 inch diameter tree was downed. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $100 | A two to three inch diameter tree branch broken from tree. Pea size hail also was reported, along with visibilities reduced to less than half a mile. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Delaware | - | Northbound U.S. 42 was closed at Shortcut Road due to high water. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | - | The wind gust was measured on the EMA weather station at the county courthouse. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Delaware | - | High water was reported on Central Avenue. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Delaware | - | Troy Road was closed south of Smith Park due to high water. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Delaware | - | High water was reported on several streets in the city of Delaware. |
| November 2017 | Flash Flood | Delaware | - | High water was reported over a portion of State Route 521. |
| November 2017 | Flash Flood | Delaware | - | High water was reported throughout the city of Delaware with several roads closed. |
| November 2017 | Flood | Delaware | - | About an inch of water was reported on a few roads in the Delaware area. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Delaware | - | Penny to half dollar size hail fell across the Delaware area. |
Newspapers printed here
1 paper1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| Delaware Gazette | 1855 to 1886 |
What the paper printed
29,933 wordsFront pages of the local paper, read from the Library of Congress scans: 4 issues all from 1858, 29,933 words in total. Each is reproduced on its own page, exactly as the recogniser returned it.
These pages read less well than anything else here, and the number is worth stating: about three words in four come through cleanly, against nine in ten for the building records. An 1896 broadsheet sets eight-point type in seven columns on microfilm, which is the hardest thing in this archive to read by machine. We tested our own recognisers against the Library's and they were not better, so the Library's text is what appears, with the wholly unreadable columns removed. Read it as a guide to what the paper covered, and follow the link to the scan before quoting anything.
| Issue | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1858-01-15 | Delaware Gazette | 5,292 words |
| 1858-03-26 | Delaware Gazette | 9,386 words |
| 1858-08-20 | Delaware Gazette | 7,414 words |
| 1858-11-05 | Delaware Gazette | 7,841 words |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pluggys Town (historical) | 0.1 miles | 13 | |
| Delaware Meadows | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| The Ravine | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Applegate Bend | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lexington Glen | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Riverby Estates | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Shelbourne Forest | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hayes Colony | 1.7 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Delaware | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q986183 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064521. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.