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Delhi was formed from the towns of Kortright, Middletown, and Walton, March 23, 1798. It was named after Delhi in India.
Delhi is the setting for the classic 1959 novel "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George.
Communities and locations in the Town of Delhi:
Delhi
East Delhi
Fraser
West Delhi
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1854 - Delhi
Delhi, a post-township in the N. E. central part of Delaware county, New York. Population, 2909.
Delhi, a post-village in the above township, capital of Delaware county, New York, on the Coquago river, a branch of the Delaware, 77 miles W. S. W. from Albany. It contains a court house, several churches, a bank, 2 newspaper offices, and an academy.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1859
DELHI, a township of Delaware co., in the state of New York, U.S., 77 m. WSW of Albany, intersected by the branches of the Delaware which form the Mohawks or W branch of the Delaware. The surface is hilly, but the soil in the valleys is generally fertile. Pop. in 1840, 2,554.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
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1895 - Delhi
Delhi, a post-village, capital of Delaware co., N.Y., is on the west or main branch of the Delaware River, about 68 miles W.S.W. of Albany, and on the Delhi Branch Railroad, which connects with the New York & Oswego Midland Railroad at Walton. It contains 5 churches, the Delaware Academy, a national bank, 3 private banks, a foundry, a woollen-mill, a creamery, and manufactures of carriages, sash, blinds, &c. Three weekly newspapers are published here. Butter, milk, and live-stock are the staple products of Delhi. Pop. 1564; of the township, 2908.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
1907 - THREE GUESTS DIE IN BURNING DELHI HOTEL. OTHERS JUMP FROM THE WINDOWS IN THEIR NIGHT CLOTHES.
Delhi, Jan. 6. - Three lives were lost in a fire that destroyed the American Hotel at this place early today.
The dead are:
WILLIAM WINTER, druggist.
MRS. ANNA WINTER, his wife.
JOHN O'CONNOR, tailor.
All were residents of Delhi and permanent guests at the hotel. They had lived in Delhi for years are were prominent in the business community.
The fire was discovered in the apartment of MR. WINTER and his wife on the third floor, and by the time the firemen arrived the big three-story frame structure was a mass of flames. O'CONNOR also occupied apartments on the third floor. The other guests escaped by leaping from the windows in their night clothing.
The position of the bodies when recovered indicated that the victims were suffocated before the flames reached them.
It is believed that the fire originated near the furnace though it had worked its way to the third floor before any of the occupants of the house were... Read MORE...
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1916
Delhi, a banking post-village and summer-resort, capital of Delaware co., N.Y., is on the W. or main branch of the Delaware River, about 68 miles WSW. of Albany, on the New York, Ontario and Western R. It contains the Delaware Academy, silk-mills, and manufactures of cheese, condensed milk, carriages, etc. Butter, milk, and live-stock are extensively shipped. Pop. in 1900, 2078 ; of the township (town), 3243.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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