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Welcome to Delhi ...

So far, we found very little information about Delhi. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Delhi to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Delhi, please Contact Us.

Delhi would have been located within present day Crawford County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Delhi, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Delhi is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Delhi was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Delhi was located: 573 & 235<4>

Communities Also Named Delhi ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Delhi - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan (2), Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Delhi.

Communities near Delhi ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Delhi.

  • Sullivan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint James
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cuba
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cuba is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,277 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <5>
  • Owensville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Steelville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Bourbon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Gerald
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Bland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bland is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <5>
  • Oak Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
    • Oak Grove has also been known as:
    • Oak Grove Village
  • Rosebud
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Delhi. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Delhi.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Delhi. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delhi.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Delhi. See our Newspapers Page for Delhi.

Adding Delhi to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Delhi in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Delhi was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Delhi post office opened in 1883. The Delhi post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Delhi.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Delhi, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Crawford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Delhi - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Delhi area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Delhi area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/