Delhi Township’s post office opened in 1875, and 2 of its places are on the National Register
Its Register listings are the Geodetic Center of the United States and the East Fork Wolf Creek Pratt Truss Bridge.
How Delhi Township began
When was Delhi Township founded?
The Delhi Township post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Free Will (1872) and Delhi (1875), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2 historic places in Delhi Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people close to Delhi Township
Nobody well known was born in Delhi Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Delhi Township’s history
What year was Delhi Township founded?
The Delhi Township post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Delhi Township?
Two places: the Geodetic Center of the United States (listed 1973) and the East Fork Wolf Creek Pratt Truss Bridge (2003).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From the National Register of Historic Places (2), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.