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Delaware County, Indiana

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
46historic places
—earliest paper
1827formed
111,903pop. 2020
39cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 46 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Muncie, Eaton, Bethel.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Indiana is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Delaware titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

29 of 46 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

46 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Beech Grove CemeteryMuncieDistrict1999
Boyce BlockMuncieBuilding1984
Carmichael, Otto, HouseMuncieBuilding2000
Cincinnati, Richmond, & Muncie DepotMuncieBuilding1997
City HallMuncieBuilding1988
Felt's FarmEatonBuilding1975
Fire Station No. 1MuncieBuilding1989
First Baptist ChurchMuncieBuilding1988
Forest Park Elementary SchoolMuncieBuilding2023
Garner, Job-Miller, Jacob W., HouseBethelBuilding1986
Gilbert, Goldsmith C., Historic DistrictMuncieDistrict1988
Hamilton Township Schoolhouse No. 4MuncieBuilding1984
Hathaway-Parker HouseMuncieBuilding2022
Hofherr, Martin, FarmYorktownBuilding1992
Hoover, Eli, House and ConfectionaryMuncieBuilding1988
Jones, Margaret and George Riley, HouseMuncieBuilding1984
Judson BuildingMuncieBuilding1988
Jump, Dr. Samuel Vaughn, HouseMuncieBuilding1982
Kimbrough, Emily, Historic DistrictMuncieDistrict1980
Kimbrough, Emily, Historic District (Boundary Increase)MuncieDistrict1989
Kirby Historic DistrictMuncieDistrict1999
Kitselman, Alva, HouseMuncieBuilding1994
Luick, William Henry, FarmhouseMuncieBuilding1994
Maring, Grace Keiser, LibraryMuncieBuilding2005
Masonic TempleMuncieBuilding1984
Meeks Avenue Historic DistrictMuncieDistrict1999
Minnetrista Boulevard Historic DistrictMuncieDistrict2012
Moore-Youse-Maxon HouseMuncieBuilding1984
Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal ChurchEatonBuilding2008
Muncie Public LibraryMuncieBuilding1976
Muncie Trade SchoolMuncieBuilding2019
Old West End Historic DistrictMuncieDistrict1986
Peacock ApartmentsMuncieBuilding1988
Richwood Evangelical Lutheran ChurchMiddletonBuilding2004
Riverside Historic DistrictMuncieDistrict1999
Roberts HotelMuncieBuilding1982
Roots, Francis T., BuildingMuncieBuilding1985
Rose, F.D., BuildingMuncieBuilding1984
Shaffer Chapel A. M. E. ChurchMuncieBuilding2025
Shirk, W. W., BuildingMuncieBuilding1988
Walnut Street Historic DistrictMuncieDistrict1989
West Washington Street BridgeMuncieStructure2008
Westwood Historic DistrictMuncieDistrict1992
Wilson Junior High SchoolMuncieBuilding2001
Wysor Heights Historic DistrictMuncieDistrict1988
YWCAMuncieBuilding1989

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Delaware was formed in 1827 (1827-04-01) from DELAWARE New Purchase.

DELAWARE created from DELAWARE New Purchase.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Delaware County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

129k66k2,3741820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,6778,84315,75322,92649,62456,37774,96390,252110,938128,587118,769111,903

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

39 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 39 of 39 listed
NameLatLon
Beech Grove Cemetery40.1892-85.4033
Black Cemetery40.3049-85.29278
Bortsfield Cemetery40.18572-85.27491
Buckles Cemetery40.37855-85.23449
Cullen Cemetery40.25349-85.33143
Elizabethtown Cemetery40.37688-85.45099
Elm Ridge Memorial Park40.18201-85.44155
Fairview Cemetery40.10524-85.34811
Felton Cemetery40.09468-85.30322
Freidline Cemetery40.1654-85.23863
Gardens of Memory Cemetery40.28713-85.36984
Godlove Cemetery40.27758-85.28351
Graham National Cemetery40.19379-85.31769
Granville Cemetery40.31062-85.30661
Hawk Cemetery40.19318-85.51023
Jones Cemetery40.21821-85.54575
Leaird Cemetery40.32062-85.33428
Macedonia Cemetery40.09148-85.348
McKinley Cemetery40.19893-85.47052
Memorial Park40.35865-85.28774
Mount Pleasant Cemetery40.08593-85.30892
Mount Tabor Cemetery40.16285-85.31417
Mount Zion Church Cemetery40.34903-85.40745
Nottingham Cemetery40.23735-85.47636
Olive Branch Cemetery40.37852-85.47254
Orr Cemetery40.22706-85.25483
Parker Moore Cemetery40.1783-85.34082
Saunders Cemetery40.12232-85.5322
Sharp Cemetery40.08421-85.48191
Sparr Cemetery40.23393-85.27454
Strong Cemetery40.29399-85.23592
Sunderland Cemetery40.12008-85.47118
Thompson Cemetery40.31035-85.52465
Tomlinson Cemetery40.14512-85.4332
Truitt Cemetery40.17157-85.289
Union Cemetery40.33646-85.37203
Union Church Cemetery40.25134-85.29286
Wheeling Cemetery40.36346-85.46914
White Cemetery40.19522-85.2731

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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