A history of Delhi,
since 1798
Postcards, papers and photographs of Delhi from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Delhi was formed from the towns of Kortright, Middletown, and Walton, on March 23, 1798.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Delhi’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewDelhi (Township); Delhi Business …, 1869: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Delhi
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Delhi, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Delhi is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Delhi has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is US Post Office-Delhi in Delhi, 0.1 miles away.
Delhi and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Delhi (Township); Delhi Business Directory (1869) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.