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Village · Fulton County · 3,408 residents · 1.5% municipal income tax

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Local events in Delta

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  1. Trick-Or-Treat

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  2. Christmas Day

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History from Delta

People and inventions tied to this place, each with its sources. All people · All inventions

How Delta began

Delta grew from settlement in the 1830s, with a post office opening in 1837, and incorporated as a village on August 3, 1863. It sits astride the boundary of York and Swan Creek townships in southern Fulton County. Delta's oldest surviving landmark is the Fulton Lodge No. 248 Masonic temple, a three-story Italian Renaissance Revival building raised on Main Street in 1894 after a village-wide fire two years earlier, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.

Settled 1830s, incorporated August 3, 1863.

Where the name comes from

No source consulted explains the origin of the name Delta for this village.

Before the town

No Native village, mound or trail specific to Delta was located in the sources checked. The village straddles York and Swan Creek townships, inside the tract ceded at the 1807 Treaty of Detroit.

Timeline

  1. — The Trowbridge family, with John S. Trowbridge called the pioneer of Delta, settles nearly a mile west of the present village; two other families, the McQuillings and the Lewises, live on the creek banks by 1838.
  2. — A post office called Delta begins operating.
  3. — William Meeker establishes a post office named Delta on the S. H. Cately farm in Swan Creek Township, which serves York Township residents until it is moved to the hamlet in 1842.
  4. — Eli Kitts comes from Maumee City and opens a store at or near the present site of Delta; he dies the next year, when the hamlet counts four families, the McQuillings, McKaskeys, Zedakers and Woods.
  5. — A plank road through the township spurs the growth of Delta, and within a year the Lake Shore Railroad follows.
  6. — Fulton Lodge No. 248 of the Free and Accepted Masons is chartered, one of the oldest lodges in its Masonic district.
  7. — The Delta Independent Press, founded earlier that year, reports in its tenth issue that Delta now has railway connection to Toledo.
  8. — Delta incorporates as an Ohio village.
  9. — Delta holds its first election for mayor, recorder and five trustees as an incorporated village.
  10. — Martin H. Butler and David C. Teeple found the Bank of Delta; a large cheese manufacturing plant is established in 1869, and the Farmers National Bank follows in 1900.
  11. — The council grants the Delta Natural Gas Company the right to lay gas pipes along the streets and alleys.
  12. — A village-wide fire destroys much of downtown Delta, including the lodge's earlier temple building.
  13. — A fire starting in John P. Holt's livery barn on Mill Street, just south of the Hotel Central, sweeps up Main Street and nearly wipes out the business section; the engine house is also damaged and a new town hall follows.
  14. — The Fulton Lodge No. 248 Temple, a three-story brick building in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, is built on Main Street to replace the lodge's fire-lost building; it remains the tallest building in Delta.
  15. — The telephone system is established in Delta; on August 31, 1901 the council gives the Toledo-Bryan Air Line Railway the right to build along Main Street.
  16. — The census counts 3,316 people in Delta, which lies across the York and Swan Creek township line.
  17. — Fulton Lodge No. 248 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, described as the oldest building in the village.

Stories

Rebuilt Taller After the Fire

Delta's Freemasons had already been meeting for decades under their 1854 charter when fire tore through the village in 1892 and took their lodge building with it. Rather than rebuild small, the lodge went up in 1894 as a three-story brick building in the Italian Renaissance Revival style on Main Street at Lincoln Street -- and in doing so became, and by the documentary record remains, the tallest building in Delta, a distinction an 1890s Masonic temple has held for more than a century in a village that has otherwise grown considerably around it. The building survived long enough, and intact enough, to be named the oldest structure in the village and added to the National Register of Historic Places in February 2021, a fire-scarred village's oldest landmark turned into its newest listing.

The fire of August 18, 1892

Delta's business section stood mostly in wooden buildings along Main Street when, on August 18, 1892, a fire started in John P. Holt's livery barn on Mill Street, just south of the Hotel Central. It ran rapidly up Main Street and almost wiped out the main business district. The village engine house, a frame building, was damaged and later collapsed, which the 1920 county history says cleared the way for a town hall more in keeping with the importance of the place. The Masonic hall was among the losses, and two years later Fulton Lodge No. 248 put up its three-story brick temple on Main Street, the building listed on the National Register in 2021. The village, which had been incorporated since 1863 and already had two banks and a railroad, rebuilt in brick.

Photographs

Fulton Lodge No. 248, the Masonic temple built in 1894 on Delta's Main Street after an 1892 fire, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
Fulton Lodge No. 248, the Masonic temple built in 1894 on Delta's Main Street after an 1892 fire, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. (2021)
Photo: SteveRaker, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
A street view of Delta village, Fulton County.
A street view of Delta village, Fulton County. (2012)
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · archive.org

Historic places

1 place in Delta on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Fulton Lodge No. 248Building · Delta
    Address
    401 1/2 Main St.
    Where
    Delta, Fulton County · ZIP 43515
    What it is
    Building
    Latest NPS certification action
    2021
    NRIS reference number
    100006149
    Coordinates
    41.57366, -84.00604

    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.

Every historic place in Fulton County on the full map

Water

Mostly private wells The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Delta's boundary: 2 fire and EMS stations, 3 public schools, 1 library, 1 police station, 2 Superfund sites, 1 Toxics Release Inventory facility and 5 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Fire and EMS stations (2)

  1. Delta Community Fire DepartmentDelta
    Address
    500 West Main Street, Delta, OH 43515
    Coordinates
    41.57360, -84.00328

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

  2. Delta Community Fire Department Station 2Delta
    Address
    6985 County Road Fg, Delta, OH 43515
    Coordinates
    41.57291, -84.01865

    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 (3)

  1. Delta Elementary School3 of 5 stars · Delta
    Address
    1099 Panther Pride Drive, Delta, OH 43515
    School district
    Pike-Delta-York Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    377
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    23.8
    Report card, 2025-26
    3 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    77.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    008334
    NCES school ID
    390470802770

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

  2. Pike-Delta-York High School4 of 5 stars · Delta
    Address
    605 Taylor St, Delta, OH 43515
    School district
    Pike-Delta-York Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    361
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    21.9
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    85.4%
    Four-year graduation rate
    99.1%
    Ohio building IRN
    008342
    NCES school ID
    390470802773

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

  3. Pike-Delta-York Middle School4.5 of 5 stars · Delta
    Address
    1101 Panther Pride Dr, Delta, OH 43515
    School district
    Pike-Delta-York Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    367
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    20.21
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    84%
    Ohio building IRN
    008359
    NCES school ID
    390470802771

    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.

Public libraries (1)

  1. Delta Public LibraryCentral library · Delta
    Address
    402 Main St., Delta, OH 43515
    What it is
    Central library
    Library system
    Delta Public Library
    Open
    2,574 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    7,933 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    21,996
    System's loans, FY2024
    87,854
    People the system serves
    8,095
    Phone
    (419) 822-3110

    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.

Police stations (1)

  1. Delta Police DepartmentDelta
    Address
    421 Fernwood Street, Delta, OH 43515
    Coordinates
    41.57757, -84.00324

    Where this record comes from ↗ 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.

Superfund sites (2)

  1. Eagle PicherSuperfund program · Delta
    Address
    Maplewood & Van Buren Street, Delta, OH 43615
    County
    Fulton County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OH0001095892
    EPA registry ID
    110009304074

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

  2. Eagle-Picher Waste Disposal AreasSuperfund program · Delta
    Address
    Near 302 Superior Street, Delta, OH 43515
    County
    Fulton County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000508287
    EPA registry ID
    110013799185

    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 (1)

  1. Bunting Bearings CorpToxics Release Inventory · Delta
    Address
    200 Van Buren St, Delta, OH 43515
    County
    Fulton County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    43515BNTNG200VA
    EPA registry ID
    110000383576

    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.

Spills reported since 2021 (5)

  1. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-06-26 · Delta
    Reported
    2025-06-26
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    50 gallons
    Where
    Delta, Fulton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2506EPA0001066

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

  2. Natural Gas2025-04-13 · Delta
    Reported
    2025-04-13
    What spilled
    Natural Gas
    Where
    Delta, Fulton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2504EPA0000557

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

  3. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-02-11 · York Twp
    Reported
    2022-02-11
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    150 gallons
    Where
    York Twp, Fulton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2202EPA0000162

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

  4. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-11-23 · York Twp
    Reported
    2021-11-23
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    130 gallons
    Where
    York Twp, Fulton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2111EPA0001774

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

  5. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2021-04-03 · Delta
    Reported
    2021-04-03
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Reached a waterway
    26 - Fewless Creek
    Where
    Delta, Fulton County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2104EPA0000451

    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 Delta, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
43515 Delta 42% Mostly private wells 3.8 pCi/L average radon Appraisal records without year built Pike-Delta-York Local · 4 stars overall 9.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

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

Money issues on the ballot since 2015: 9 of 11 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 1 of 3.

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2025-11-04 Issue: Village of Delta Additional - Garbage - 0.25 mill / 5 yrs (0.25 mills, additional) 342410Failed (45.48% for)
2023-11-07 Issue: Village of Delta, Replacement Levy, Recreation, 0.5mill/5yrs. (0.5 mills, replacement) 511548Failed (48.25% for)
2023-11-07 Issue: Delta Public Library, Levy Renewal and Decrease, Current exp., 0.25mill/5yrs. (0.25 mills, renewal increase) 1,6181,099Passed (59.55% for)
2020-11-03 Issue: Delta 1 mill renewal - parks (1.0 mills, renewal) 897593Passed (60.2% for)
2020-11-03 Issue: Delta Charter Amendment (typographical error) 1,045395Passed (72.57% for)
2020-11-03 Issue: Delta Charter Amendment (Council Vacancies) 981456Passed (68.27% for)
2020-11-03 Issue: Delta Charter Amendment (Mayor Residency) 1,237207Passed (85.66% for)
2020-11-03 Issue: Delta Charter Amendment (Administrator Residency) 1,055364Passed (74.35% for)
2020-11-03 Issue: Delta Charter Amendment (Fin Director Residency) 1,050360Passed (74.47% for)
2019-11-05 Issue: Delta 1.25 mill renew pool (1.25 mills) 423132Passed (76.22% for)
2018-11-06 Issue: Delta Village - 0.5 Mill Ren Recreation (0.5 mills) 722423Passed (63.06% for)
2018-11-06 Issue: Delta Village - Referendum - Elec Utility 297856Failed (25.76% for)
2018-05-08 Issue: Delta Library 2 mills renewal - COE (2.0 mills, renewal) 643318Passed (66.91% for)
2017-05-02 Issue: DELTA VILLAGE 0.5 MILL REN FIRE #1 (0.5 mills) 12232Passed (79.22% for)
2017-05-02 Issue: DELTA VILLAGE 0.5 MILL REN FIRE #2 (0.5 mills) 11737Passed (75.97% for)
2017-05-02 Issue: DELTA VILLAGE 5 MILL REN POLICE (5.0 mills) 10351Passed (66.88% for)
2016-11-08 Issue: Local Option Delta 109 27181Passed (76.99% for)
2015-11-03 Issue: Delta Vill-1 Mill Recreation Ren (1.0 mills) 558334Passed (62.56% for)
2015-11-03 Issue: Delta Vill-Electric Aggregation 443411Passed (51.87% for)

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 Member of Council Rachel Lynn Adams 571, 83.85%; Write-In 83, 12.19%; Kyle Riley 16, 2.35%; Kyle Comers 11, 1.62%
2023-11-07 Member of Council Lynn Frank 601, 34.52%; Chad Johnson 588, 33.77%; Tony Dawson 552, 31.71%
2023-11-07 Mayor Allen M. Naiber 550, 56.64%; Frank Wilton 421, 43.36%
2021-11-02 Member of Council Ashley Todd 225, 44.12%; Michael Tanner 201, 39.41%; Arthur Thomas 33, 6.47%; Write-In 28, 5.49%; Kyle Comers 23, 4.51%
2019-11-05 Member of Council Lynn Frank 356, 28.12%; Chad Johnson 307, 24.25%; Tony Dawson 275, 21.72%; Art Thomas 219, 17.3%; Chris Bauer 107, 8.45%; WRITE-IN 1050 2, 0.16%
2019-11-05 Mayor Bob Gilbert 416, 100.0%
2017-11-07 Member of Council Ashley Todd 324, 48.72%; Bob Gilbert 310, 46.62%; Write-in 31, 4.66%
2015-11-03 Member of Council Tony Dawson 540, 49.23%; Arthur J. Thomas 474, 43.21%; Write-in 83, 7.57%
2015-11-03 Mayor Dan D. Miller 496, 56.49%; Bob Gilbert 382, 43.51%

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

Auditor of State record

The county

Fulton County: 8 ZIP codes, 21 cities, villages and townships, 47,557 people.

Nearby places

Swan Creek Township, Fulton County Pike Township, Fulton County York Township, Fulton County Fulton Township, Fulton County Royalton Township, Fulton County Amboy Township, Fulton County

Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on Delta, day by day, from 1891 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
2.05 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
31.2 in
about normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
18.9 in
a normal year brings 30.6 in
a normal year
35.7 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 2.05 — 29
September 2026 3.61 — 30
August 2026 7.10 — 31
July 2026 2.21 — 31
June 2026 2.61 — 30
May 2026 1.22 — 31
April 2026 7.35 — 30
March 2026 3.71 0.2 31
February 2026 0.59 3.6 28
January 2026 0.73 15.0 31
December 2025 1.50 10.2 31
November 2025 1.76 8.2 30
On the record, 1891–2026
Wettest year2011 — 51.9 in
Driest year1963 — 21.9 in
Snowiest year2014 — 71.6 in
Wettest day on record13 September 1892 — 4.79 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day28 February 1900 — 13.76 in
Deepest snow on the ground12 January 1918 — 22.01 in

Mostly estimated. Only 1% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Delta - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.

49,294 days of records, 1891-10-01 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 Delta: 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
10
those placed on the map inside Delta
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Air pollution2
Hazardous waste2
Public drinking water2
Sewer and water-line construction2
State sewer loans1
Wastewater and stormwater discharge1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
BUNTING BEARINGS LLC - DELTA FACILITY Air pollution permit
AGREE CONVENIENCE NO. 1, LLC Sewer and water-line construction permit
DELTA VILLAGE - FULTON COUNTY Public drinking water compliance letter
DELTA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
DELTA VILLAGE - FULTON COUNTY Public drinking water violation resolved
TENCOM FACILITY 2 Air pollution permit
DELTA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water inspection
DELTA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water inspection
TENCOM FACILITY 2 Air pollution permit
DELTA VILLAGE - FULTON COUNTY Public drinking water notice of violation
DELTA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water report
DELTA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water inspection
DELTA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water violation resolved
DELTA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
DELTA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water inspection
DELTA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water inspection
AGREE CONVENIENCE NO. 1, LLC Sewer and water-line construction permit
DELTA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water inspection
BUNTING BEARINGS LLC - DELTA FACILITY Air pollution director's orders
DELTA VILLAGE - FULTON COUNTY Public drinking water notice of violation
DELTA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water plan
DELTA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water inspection
DELTA VILLAGE - FULTON COUNTY Public drinking water inspection
DELTA VILLAGE - FULTON COUNTY Public drinking water notice of violation
DELTA VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water inspection

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 Delta, Ohio in?

Delta is a village in Fulton County, Ohio, with 3,408 residents.

When was Delta, Ohio founded?

Delta was settled 1830s; incorporated August 3, 1863. Source

What ZIP code is Delta, Ohio?

Most of Delta is in ZIP code 43515.

Where does Delta, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Delta (Delta Village): Mostly private wells.

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