Geography

Delphos is placed at 40°50'Xl" North, 84°20'22" West (Forty.844441, -84.339360).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the amount locality of Sevener.V km² (2.9 mi²). None of the metropolitan area is covered by having a water system.

Trivia
Based amidst a Great Black Swamp in 1844 on the Miami and Erie Canal by the Reverend John Otto Bredeick and his brother Ferdinand Bredeick.

Romanesque style [http://www.delphosstjohnparish.org/ Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church] has ended C arches, life-lifesize statues & 14 stained glass windows.

[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=delphos,+ohio&ll=40.855452,-84.340711&spn=0.007570,0.019304&hl=en Lock 24] occurs as easily-preserved stone lock on the Miami and Erie Canal on north section of town.

Within a little home in corner of West 2nd Street & State Street, the famed creator Zane Grey lived while he played for the Delphos Reds, an 1890's baseball team.

Birthplace of Leslie Peltier, amateur astronomer & prolific discoverer of comets & variable stars. Harvard's Harlow Shapley once described him as "the world's greatest non-professional astronomer".

Delphos St. John's High has Decade Ohio state championships among boys & girls basketball, football, & golf game. In addition, it's eleven holds a Ohio state record for virtually all sequentially wins, at 57, from either 1 November 1996 to 17 November 2000.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 6,944 people, 2,717 family, & 1,880 families living in the city. A population density is 924.5/km² (2,391.9/mi²). There are 2,906 housing units at an typical density of 386.9/km² (1,001.0/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 98.63% White, 0.27% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.24% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. Nought.76% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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the median income for a home in the city is $35,817, & the median income for a personal is $44,385. Males have a median income of $32,917 versus $21,124 for females. A per capita income for the city is $16,380. Sestet.8% of the people & Little phoebe.6% of families come beneath a poverty line. Heptad.5% of people under a age of 18 & 6.6% of people 65 & older come dwelling in a image below the poverty level.

Schools
[http://dsj.noacsc.org Saint John's High School]

[http://dsj.noacsc.org/gs/ Saint John's Elementary School]

[http://www.noacsc.org/allen/dl/default.htm Delphos City Schools]