Delaware County, near the center of Ohio, was formed in 1808 from land taken from Franklin County, with the settlement of Delaware as the county seat. These pages collect histories compiled by Society volunteers: the fire and police departments of the City of Delaware, the county's military record, and historical photographs.
Records of Delaware County residents who served, beginning with the Civil War camp on the edge of Delaware and the regiment raised there.
A history of law enforcement in Delaware, Ohio, from the town marshals of the 1850s to the modern police department, compiled by June Feuillerat from…
A history of the Delaware Fire Department in fifteen chapters: the early volunteer companies, the chiefs and members, the horses, apparatus and stations, and…
Fire Department — Apparatus & Stations Historical photographs of the Delaware Fire Department, including early fire engines, station houses, equipment, and…