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Delphos

City · Allen County · 7,015 residents · 1.75% municipal income tax

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Local events in Delphos

3 events in the next 90 days from 1 public calendar. All local events in Delphos

  1. Kiwanis Pancake & Sausage Day

    7 a.m. to 1 p.m. · From Delphos Area Chamber of Commerce

  2. Delphos Fire Association Steak Feed

    6 to 8 p.m. · From Delphos Area Chamber of Commerce

  3. Delphos Canal Museum Trivia Night

    6 to 11 p.m. · From Delphos Area Chamber of Commerce

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

How Delphos began

Delphos grew out of four rival hamlets — Howard, Section Ten, West Bredeick and East Bredeick — that took shape between 1836 and 1846 along the route of the Miami and Erie Canal, drawing German Catholic immigrants and canal laborers to the Allen-Van Wert county line. The four merged into one town called Delphos in 1851, a name drawn from the Greek Delphi. The canal made it a manufacturing and shipping hub, one of the major ports along the canal, and by 1879 more than a hundred factories operated there. Delphos today straddles both counties, with its Allen County half in Marion Township; it remains a small industrial and farm-trade city.

Settled 1836-1842, platted West Bredeick Street by the Ferdinand Bredeick family and East Bredeick by Fr. John Otto Bredeick, along the canal, incorporated 1851 (as the merged town of Delphos), by Rev. John Otto Bredeick and Ferdinand Bredeick (East and West Bredeick), Samuel Forrer (Howard), Oramel Bliss, Benjamin Franklin Hillister and Samuel Pettit (Section Ten).

Where the name comes from

When the four founding settlements incorporated as one town in 1851, they took the name Delphos, drawn from the Greek Delphi/Delphus (the site of the Delphic oracle). Wikipedia's article states the name derives from the Greek god Delphus.

Before the town

The Allen-Van Wert-Putnam county corner around Delphos sat along the Auglaize and its tributaries in land that stayed closed to white settlement under the Treaty of Greenville (1795) until the Treaty of the Maumee Rapids (1817) and the follow-on Treaty of St. Marys (1818) opened it. The 1817 treaty set aside a 25-square-mile Shawnee reservation on Hog Creek (the Ottawa River) at present Lima, and a separate Ottawa reservation of 25 square miles on Blanchard's Fork of the Auglaize (in neighboring Putnam County, centered on the Tawa villages that became Ottawa, Ohio); both were sold and their people removed west in the early 1830s. A locally compiled page on the Delphos-area history site names Indian trails through the district — a Sugar Ridge Trail linking Fort Wayne and Findlay that later became a public road, and a Defiance Trail — and lists Shawnee, Ottawa, Miami and Wyandot presence in the wider Auglaize country, along with named leaders (Blue Jacket, Black Hoof/Catahecassa at Wapakoneta, the Ottawa chief Petoniquet/Pedanquit at Tawa). No mound, earthwork, or named village specific to the Delphos townsite itself was found in the sources checked.

Nations recorded here: Shawnee, Ottawa, Miami, Wyandot.

Timeline

  1. — German and other settlers arrive at the four separate hamlets — Howard, Section Ten, West Bredeick, East Bredeick — drawn by work on the Miami and Erie Canal.
  2. — The first canal boat, carrying the governor of Ohio, passes through Delphos on July 4, marking the canal's completion through the town.
  3. — The four rival settlements incorporate as a single town, Delphos.
  4. — The Bredeick family builds the Italianate house at 508 W. 2nd St. (Bredeick-Lang House), one of the town's oldest surviving structures.
  5. — More than 100 factories are operating in Delphos, producing goods for national and international trade via the canal and rail.
  6. — St. John's Catholic Church, designed by S.W. Lane in the Romanesque Revival style for a parish founded in 1842 by German Catholic immigrants from Osnabruck, is completed at 110 N. Franklin St.
  7. — The Queen Anne-style Marks-Family House is built at 233 N. Franklin St.
  8. — The Lincoln Highway, one of the first transcontinental highways for automobiles, whose route connects Delphos to the rest of the country, is dedicated on October 31.
  9. — St. John's Catholic Church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (January 3).
  10. — The Bredeick-Lang House (April 7) and the Marks-Family House (April 1) are both listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  11. — Delphos brings a new wastewater treatment plant online using a submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) coupled with ATAD sludge treatment, built to handle high organic loadings from industrial dischargers; start-up ran through October 2006.
  12. — The city adopts a Lead Service Line Replacement Program policy (effective March 21) requiring a full inventory of lead and galvanized-requiring-replacement service lines by October 16, 2025, and full replacement within ten years, under EPA's 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Improvements.

Stories

Four towns, one name

Delphos did not begin as a single place. In the 1830s and 1840s a Catholic priest from Verl, in Westphalia, Rev. John Otto Bredeick, and the family of Ferdinand Bredeick established settlements called East Bredeick and West Bredeick Street along the route the Miami and Erie Canal engineers had chosen. Nearby, surveyor Samuel Forrer laid out Howard, named for his wife's family, and a trio of land buyers — Oramel Bliss, Benjamin Franklin Hillister and Samuel Pettit — platted Section Ten on ground bought from Christoph Moenning. A fifth attempt, Marble Town, never took hold. For years the four hamlets competed for canal trade and settlers before their leaders agreed in 1851 to merge into one incorporated town, choosing the name Delphos. The canal that had pulled them together as rivals became, within a few years, the reason to unite: a single town could handle canal freight, warehousing and factory sites far better than four scattered villages squabbling over the same towpath.

The canal town that outgrew the canal

The Miami and Erie Canal, a 274-mile channel linking Cincinnati to Toledo, ran directly through Delphos, and for a few decades the town's fortunes rose and fell with it. Construction crews were the first wave of settlers; merchants and factory owners followed once boats started moving freight. On July 4, 1845, the first canal boat through town carried Ohio's governor as a passenger, a fitting inauguration for a place that would soon become one of the major ports along the canal. By 1879 more than a hundred factories operated in Delphos, trading goods nationally and internationally by canal and, increasingly, by rail. Railroads eventually did what they did to canal towns across Ohio: they pulled freight off the water and onto steel rails, and Delphos's role as a canal hub faded even as the town itself kept growing as a manufacturing center.

A cathedral-scale church from an immigrant parish

St. John's Catholic parish traces to 1842, founded by German Catholic families who had emigrated from the Osnabruck region and settled around the young canal town. Nearly forty years later the congregation built a church at 110 N. Franklin Street far larger and more ornate than its modest 1842 origins might suggest: a Romanesque Revival building designed by S.W. Lane, completed in 1880, with a rib-vaulted nave, twin rows of Corinthian columns, and a high altar modeled on the Basilica di San Clemente in Rome. Architectural historians have called the interior unmatched anywhere in western Ohio. It stands today as physical evidence of how much wealth the canal and its factories brought to a farm-country immigrant parish in one generation.

Local history sources: cityofdelphos.com · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · thermalprocess.com · cityofdelphos.com · delphos-ohio.com · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org

Historic places

3 places in Delphos on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Bredeick-Lang HouseBuilding · Delphos · listed 1982
    Address
    508 W. 2nd St
    Where
    Delphos, Van Wert County · ZIP 45833
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1982
    NRIS reference number
    82003663
    Coordinates
    40.84404, -84.34510

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

  2. Marks-Family HouseBuilding · Delphos · listed 1982
    Address
    233 N. Franklin St.
    Where
    Delphos, Allen County · ZIP 45833
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1982
    NRIS reference number
    82003537
    Coordinates
    40.84440, -84.33714

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

  3. St. John Catholic ChurchBuilding · Delphos · listed 1980
    Address
    110 N. Franklin St.
    Where
    Delphos, Allen County · ZIP 45833
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1980
    NRIS reference number
    80002933
    Coordinates
    40.84321, -84.33612

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.

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Water

Little Auglaize River, stored in city reservoir The water here

  • Delphos City100% of residentsLittle Auglaize River, stored in city reservoir

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Delphos's boundary: 2 nursing homes, 1 fire or EMS station, 4 public schools, 1 private school, 2 poor-rated bridges, 1 library, 1 museum, 1 police station, 1 public charging site, 1 Superfund site, 7 Toxics Release Inventory facilities, 1 station or terminal and 7 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Nursing homes (2)

  1. Meadows of Delphos The4 of 5 stars · Delphos
    Address
    800 Ambose Drive, Delphos, OH 45833
    Certified beds
    54
    Residents on an average day
    45
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    TRILOGY HEALTH SERVICES
    Continuing care retirement community
    Yes
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 643-3161
    Medicare ID
    365405

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Vancrest of Delphos5 of 5 stars · Delphos
    Address
    1425 East Fifth Street, Delphos, OH 45833
    Certified beds
    99
    Residents on an average day
    86
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    5 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Partnership
    Chain
    VANCREST HEALTH CARE CENTERS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 695-2871
    Medicare ID
    366189

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.

Fire and EMS stations (1)

  1. Delphos Fire and Rescue DepartmentDelphos
    Address
    125 East 2nd Street, Delphos, OH 45833
    Coordinates
    40.84353, -84.33886

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.

Public schools (4)

  1. Delphos City Schools (Preschool)Delphos
    Address
    901 Wildcat Ln, Delphos, OH 45833
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    50
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    2
    NCES school ID
    390438806206

    NCES school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Franklin Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Delphos
    Address
    310 E 4th St, Delphos, OH 45833
    School district
    Delphos City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    332
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    26
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    89.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    012120
    NCES school ID
    390438800851

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Jefferson High School3.5 of 5 stars · Delphos
    Address
    901 Wildcat Ln, Delphos, OH 45833
    School district
    Delphos City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    266
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    17.5
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    79.3%
    Four-year graduation rate
    91.5%
    Ohio building IRN
    018184
    NCES school ID
    390438800852

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Jefferson Middle School2.5 of 5 stars · Delphos
    Address
    227 N Jefferson St, Delphos, OH 45833
    School district
    Delphos City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    242
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    15
    Report card, 2025-26
    2.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    77.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    064048
    NCES school ID
    390438800853

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.

Private schools (1)

  1. Delphos St. JohnsPrivate, Catholic · Delphos
    Address
    515 E 2Nd St, Delphos, OH 45833
    Kind
    Catholic
    Students, 2023-24
    668
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    75
    Students per teacher
    8.90667
    Phone
    (419) 692-5371
    NCES private school ID
    01060794

    NCES private school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Bridges rated poor (2)

  1. Cleveland Street over Flat Fork CreekPoor · built 1959
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1959
    Length
    7 ft
    Owner
    City
    Vehicles a day
    1,000
    Coordinates
    40.83975, -84.33824

    National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Franklin Street over Flat Fork CreekPoor · built 1914
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1914
    Length
    7 ft
    Owner
    City
    Vehicles a day
    50
    Coordinates
    40.83573, -84.33700

    National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge.

Public libraries (1)

  1. Delphos Public LibraryCentral library · Delphos
    Address
    309 W. 2Nd St., Delphos, OH 45833
    What it is
    Central library
    Library system
    Delphos Public Library
    Open
    2,496 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    15,989 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    67,392
    System's loans, FY2024
    288,306
    People the system serves
    9,903
    Phone
    (419) 695-4015

    IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.

Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (1)

  1. Museum Of Postal HistoryMuseum · Delphos
    What it is
    Museum
    City
    Delphos
    Coordinates
    40.84546, -84.33982

    Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.

Police stations (1)

  1. Delphos Police DepartmentDelphos
    Address
    125 East 2nd Street, Delphos, OH 45833
    Coordinates
    40.84340, -84.33895

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.

Public EV charging (1)

  1. Jim Schmidt Chevrolet Of Delphos x DC fast2 DC fast · Delphos
    Address
    1725 E 5th St, Delphos, OH 45833
    Ports
    2 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS
    Network
    EV Connect
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    866-816-7584

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.

Superfund sites (1)

  1. Orbitron IndustriesSuperfund program · Delphos
    Address
    901 S Main St, Delphos, OH 45833
    County
    Allen County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHD982220626
    EPA registry ID
    110004651984

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (7)

  1. Bunge North America (0381000011)Toxics Release Inventory · Delphos
    Address
    234 S. Jefferson Street, Delphos, OH 45833
    County
    Van Wert County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    45833CNTRL234SJ
    EPA registry ID
    110000395590

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Evanston RecyclingToxics Release Inventory · Delphos
    Address
    1400 N Main St, Delphos, OH 45833
    County
    Allen County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    TRI_OFFSITE_739
    EPA registry ID
    110070690407

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Fruehauf Trailer Corp.-Delphos Parts PlaToxics Release Inventory · Delphos
    Address
    911 Spencerville Rd, Delphos, OH 45833
    County
    Allen County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45833FRHFC911SP
    EPA registry ID
    110001617750

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Holland Binkley CoToxics Release Inventory · Delphos
    Address
    1125 Spencerville Road, Delphos, OH 45833
    County
    Allen County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45833FRHFC1125S
    EPA registry ID
    110002378533

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  5. Ultimate RbToxics Release Inventory · Delphos
    Address
    1430 N Main St, Delphos, OH 45833
    County
    Allen County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4583WLTMTR143NM
    EPA registry ID
    110046263164

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  6. Us Greenfiber LlcToxics Release Inventory · Delphos
    Address
    1601 Gressel Dr, Delphos, OH 45833
    County
    Allen County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45833SGRNF161GR
    EPA registry ID
    110022411237

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  7. Vanamatic CoToxics Release Inventory · Delphos
    Address
    701 Ambrose Dr, Delphos, OH 45833
    County
    Allen County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    4583WVNMTC71AMB
    EPA registry ID
    110040366261

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.

Stations and terminals (1)

  1. Delphos Recreation CenterIntercity bus stop · Greyhound Lines
    What it is
    Intercity bus stop
    Operator
    Greyhound Lines
    City
    Delphos
    Coordinates
    40.84647, -84.32724

    BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database and National Transit Map (2025). Bus stops are counted on the card and drawn on the full map.

Spills reported since 2021 (7)

  1. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-11-18 · Delphos
    Reported
    2025-11-18
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Delphos, Allen County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2511EPA0001880

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2025-04-16 · Delphos
    Reported
    2025-04-16
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Where
    Delphos, Van Wert County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2504EPA0000579

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Sludge (Non-Sewage)2023-05-16 · Delphos
    Reported
    2023-05-16
    What spilled
    Sludge (Non-Sewage); Milk
    Where
    Delphos, Allen County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2305EPA0000793

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-04-13 · Delphos
    Reported
    2023-04-13
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    50 gallons
    Where
    Delphos, Allen County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2304EPA0000588

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  5. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-06-22 · Delphos
    Reported
    2022-06-22
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    18 gallons
    Where
    Delphos, Allen County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2206EPA0000943

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  6. Waste Water Reached water2021-11-30 · Delphos
    Reported
    2021-11-30
    What spilled
    Waste Water
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Delphos, Allen County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2111EPA0001792

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  7. Waste Water Reached water2021-10-12 · Delphos
    Reported
    2021-10-12
    What spilled
    Waste Water
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Delphos, Allen County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2110EPA0001612

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.

Its ZIP codes

Each ZIP code that touches Delphos, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
45833 Delphos 66% Little Auglaize River, stored in city reservoir 1.3 pCi/L average radon Appraisal records without year built Delphos City · 3 stars overall 10% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

Who holds office in Delphos, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2020-03-17 Issue: Delphos Municipal Income Tax 466234Passed (66.57% for)

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2023-11-07 Member of Council at Large (unofficial count) Michael J. Edelbrock (DEM) 637, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Director of Law (unofficial count) Andrew Knueve (REP) 771, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Auditor (unofficial count) Adam Kayser 710, 100.0%
2021-11-02 Treasurer Write-In: Thomas L. Jettinghoff 64, 78.05%; Write-In: Uncertified Name 18, 21.95%
2021-11-02 Member of Council, Ward 4 Write-In: Andrew R. Grothouse 36, 76.6%; Write-In: Uncertified Name 11, 23.4%
2019-11-05 Mayor (unofficial count) Doug Mullenhour 370, 100.0%
2019-11-05 Director of Law (unofficial count) Andrew D. Knueve (REP) 360, 100.0%
2019-11-05 Auditor (unofficial count) Adam J. Kayser 360, 100.0%
2017-11-07 Treasurer Robert Mosier (REP) 791, 100.0%
2017-11-07 President of Council Nichole Coil 750, 100.0%
2017-11-07 Member of Council, Ward 1 Andrew Daley (REP) 460, 100.0%
2017-11-07 Mayor Joshua Patrick Gillespie 506, 53.04%; Doug Mullenhour 136, 14.26%; John J. Parent (DEM) 169, 17.71%; L. Wayne Suever 143, 14.99%
2015-11-03 Member of Council at Large Joshua P. Gillespie (REP) 640, 47.41%; Tom R. Grothous (REP) 710, 52.59%
2015-11-03 Mayor Michael Gallmeier (DEM) 896, 100.0%
2015-11-03 Director of Law Andrew Knueve (REP) 887, 100.0%
2015-11-03 Auditor Thomas L. Jettinghoff (DEM) 874, 100.0%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.

Auditor of State record

  • No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
  • Financial Health Indicators (the Auditor of State's 17 measures; critical / cautionary / positive): 2023 0 / 0 / 17; 2024 0 / 3 / 13; 2025 0 / 0 / 16.
  • Financial Audit, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-11-07

The county

Allen County: 13 ZIP codes, 26 cities, villages and townships, 110,066 people.

Nearby places

Marion Township, Allen County Washington Township, Van Wert County Jennings Township, Putnam County Amanda Township, Allen County Monterey Township, Putnam County Spencer Township, Allen County

Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on Delphos, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
0.81 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
39.3 in
5.3 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
16.4 in
a normal year brings 23.7 in
a normal year
39.8 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 0.81 — 29
September 2026 5.56 — 30
August 2026 7.77 — 31
July 2026 4.17 — 31
June 2026 4.53 — 30
May 2026 3.75 — 31
April 2026 6.63 — 30
March 2026 4.07 0.8 31
February 2026 0.62 3.6 28
January 2026 1.42 12.0 31
December 2025 1.92 6.0 31
November 2025 1.52 7.2 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2015 — 52.2 in
Driest year1963 — 23.5 in
Snowiest year2014 — 57.3 in
Wettest day on record21 August 2007 — 4.19 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day16 February 2021 — 11.15 in
Deepest snow on the ground2 March 1912 — 37.99 in

Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Delphos, so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.

48,879 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-29. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.

Environmental permits and filings

What Ohio EPA has on file for Delphos: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.

facilities and sites on file
37
those placed on the map inside Delphos
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Hazardous waste11
Wastewater and stormwater discharge10
State water loans4
Air pollution3
State sewer loans3
Cessation Of Regulated Operations2
Sewer and water-line construction2
Contaminated-site cleanup1
Public drinking water1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA EAST LLC Air pollution permit
DELPHOS WATER TREATMENT PLANT PWS State water loans
DELPHOS - SOUTH DELPHOS 69 KV LINE REBUILD Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
DOUBLE A TRAILERS PARKING LOT Wastewater and stormwater discharge violation resolved
DOUBLE A TRAILERS PARKING LOT Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA Air pollution permit
KRENDL MACHINE COMPANY Air pollution report
DELPHOS WATER TREATMENT PLANT PWS State water loans
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA Air pollution permit
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA EAST LLC Air pollution notice of violation
DOUBLE A TRAILERS PARKING LOT Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation
LAKEVIEW FARMS Hazardous waste compliance letter
PIR 3974 - EUCLID AND GRANT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
RODE BUTCHER SHOP Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
RODE BUTCHER SHOP Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection
RODE BUTCHER SHOP Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA EAST LLC Air pollution permit
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA EAST LLC Air pollution permit
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA Air pollution permit
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA Air pollution permit
MORRIS CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
LOVE'S TRAVEL STOPS - DELPHOS OH Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA EAST LLC Air pollution inspection
ALL-66-1122 PID 108644 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
ALL-66-1122 PID 108644 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit

Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.

Quick answers

What county is Delphos, Ohio in?

Delphos is a city in Allen County, Ohio, with 7,015 residents.

When was Delphos, Ohio founded?

Delphos was settled 1836-1842; laid out West Bredeick Street by the Ferdinand Bredeick family and East Bredeick by Fr. John Otto Bredeick, along the canal; incorporated 1851 (as the merged town of Delphos). Founders on record: Rev. John Otto Bredeick and Ferdinand Bredeick (East and West Bredeick), Samuel Forrer (Howard), Oramel Bliss, Benjamin Franklin Hillister and Samuel Pettit (Section Ten). Source

How did Delphos, Ohio get its name?

When the four founding settlements incorporated as one town in 1851, they took the name Delphos, drawn from the Greek Delphi/Delphus (the site of the Delphic oracle). Source

What ZIP code is Delphos, Ohio?

Most of Delphos is in ZIP code 45833.

Where does Delphos, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Delphos (Delphos City): Little Auglaize River, stored in city reservoir.

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