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. The 2010 census found 29,510 people in the township. It is the only Delhi Township statewide.

History

The area of modern-day Delhi Township was first settled by Americans in 1789, along with the founding of the village of South Bend. Delhi was then incorporated as a township in 1816. The name is pronounced "DEL-high", as opposed to how its

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is pronounced "Dell-Hee".

Sedam Springhouse

The Sedam Springhouse, which may date back to the 1790s, is one of the oldest buildings in the township. Now known as the Delhi Springhouse, the structure stands on land near the stone house Colonel Cornelius Ryker Sedam built in 1796. The house no longer exists, but the springhouse has been restored. The structure protected a natural spring, which supplied water as late as 1937. The springhouse was also used to provide storage for perishable foods.

Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county along the

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, it has the following borders: * Green Township - north *

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- east (Price Hill), west (Sayler Park), and south (Riverside and Sayler Park) * Miami Township - northwest Much of what was once part of Delhi Township, including its entire shoreline along the Ohio River, is now part of the city of Cincinnati, the

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of Hamilton County.

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in the township include Delhi Hills, Delshire, and Mount Saint Joseph. The Cincinnati communities of Price Hill, Sayler Park, Sedamsville and

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were part of Delhi Township until they were annexed by Cincinnati at the turn of the 20th century. AndersonFerry-2007

The township has an area of . Because the township covers the slopes leading down to the

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of the

, the township contains many hills, and its landscape is cut by a number of ravines caused by streams that make the descent.

Climate

Delhi Township is located within a climatic transition zone at the extreme northern limit of the

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. Being located within the northern periphery of the

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and also within the

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of southern Ohio and Kentucky, the local climate is a basically a blend of the subtropics to the south and the

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to the north. Delhi Township's average annual rainfall is , received over an average of 82 days, along with of snow. Temperatures range from an average July high of 88 °F (31 °C) to an average January low of 15 °F (-5 °C). Whitetail doe

Demographics

The median age of males in the township is 36.7 years of age, and the median age of females in the township is 38.4 years of age. The median income for households in the township was $64,504 in 2008. In 1999, the median income for households in the township was $55,052.

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

Infrastructure

Fire department

Three fire stations serve the township. Fire Station #33 serves as the fire department's headquarters. The other stations are Station #30 and Station #36.Welcome Booklet
." Delhi Township. 10/10. Retrieved on December 13, 2009.

Culture and recreation

Delhi Skirt Game

Delhi has various annual celebrations, including the Delhi Skirt Game. The Delhi Skirt Game is a Chicago-style

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game between officers of the Delhi Township

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Department and the firefighters of the Delhi Township Fire Department; the teams consist of male officers dressed in drag. The game is played in Delhi Park on the first Friday of August, with festivities surrounding the game including live music, games of chance, concessions, auctions and fireworks. The Skirt Game benefits needy families of Delhi Township.

"Floral Paradise"

Following an 1850s grape blight which destroyed most of the township's

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s, many growers turned to

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. On the heels of a successful transition to vegetable farming, growers began to construct

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s in order to extend the growing season. At some point in the 1920–1930s, nearly all of the Delhi greenhouse operators began to realize the greater profit potential of growing flowers, and subsequently converted their greenhouses from vegetable-centric operations to growing

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full-time. The peak of local hothouse agriculture was reached during the late pre-

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years, when as many as 55 family-run greenhouses operated in the township. Notably, Delhi Township-based greenhouses produced a significant percentage of

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s supplied throughout the United States by this time. In the local region, Delhi Township became known as the "Floral Paradise of Ohio", a trademark phrase that is still featured on modern, official Delhi Township

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. The importance of greenhouses in Delhi Township was even reflected in the equipment of the Delhi Township Fire Department; as late as 1986, small-diameter fire attack lines were equipped with iron pipe couplings (rather than otherwise ubiquitous

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s) in order to be compatible with the fittings in use on most greenhouse irrigation standpipes of the time. This arrangement permitted firefighters to connect their hoses to the source of water closest to an interior greenhouse fire, eliminating the need to drag (potentially) hundreds of feet of heavy, charged hose connected at the

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's pump panel outside. In this arrangement, water pressure in the involved greenhouse was boosted by a connection from the pumper to a standpipe connection on the outside of the structure. The requirement to carry a large variety of thread adapters (in order to be compatible with nearby, mutual aid departments), along with the rapid, penultimate decline of hothouse agriculture in Delhi Township led to the complete standardization to National Standard-threaded couplings within the department by the late 1980s. Today, only a few family-run greenhouses remain—the combined results of a decline in business due to foreign flower imports, as well as the lucrative conversion of greenhouse properties to land made available for residential and commercial development in the post-World War II suburbanization boom.

Parks

The township operates over of park property. Parks operated by the township include Delhi Park, Five-Points Park, and Story Woods Park. Delhi Park, which opened in 1954, is the oldest park in the township. It has nine ball fields, including

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courts,

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fields,

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fields,

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courts, and sand

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courts. Delhi Park also has the Glen Carder Lodge, four picnic shelters and the "Spray Park." Five-Points Park, a park, has a gazebo and the firefighter's memorial. Story Woods Park, a park, has a playground facility, a picnic shelter, toilet facilities, and of walking trails. The township also has the Delhi Springhouse, which opened to protect the springs. The springhouse was also used as a source of drinking water and as cold storage for perishable foods. The Great Parks of Hamilton County operates Embshoff Woods, a park which opened in 1982 and consists of of protected natural areas. In November 2007, the township dedicated Veterans Memorial Park in honor of the township's military veterans. Located within the park are the Wall of Honor Monument and the Killed-in-Action Memorial.

Newspaper

The ''Delhi Press'' serves the areas of Delhi and

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. It is distributed once a week on Wednesdays. An average Delhi Press contains a main article, other articles about the area, school articles, athletic articles (usually focused on high schoolers), recipes, a response article, and an

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Education

Colleges and universities

Mount St. Joseph University The Mount St. Joseph University (The Mount) is a private university, private, Catholic church, Roman Catholic university in Delhi Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, Delhi, Ohio. It was founded in 1920 by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati. The ...

is located in Delhi Township. It has approximately 2,200 students and offers liberal arts and professional education programs. Other nearby universities include

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, the

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Xavier University Xavier University ( ) is a private Jesuit university in Cincinnati and Evanston (Cincinnati), Ohio. It is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Xavier has an undergraduate enrollment of 4,860 studen ...

, and

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.Welcome Booklet
." Delhi Township. 6/10. Retrieved on December 13, 2009. Mount Saint Joseph

Primary and secondary schools

Oak Hills Local School District operates public schools in Delhi Township. Public schools within the township include Delshire Elementary School, C.O. Harrison Elementary School, Delhi Middle School, and Rapid Run Middle School.Our Schools
." Oak Hills Local School District. Retrieved on December 14, 2009.

Oak Hills High School Oak Hills High School is a four-year public secondary school located in Bridgetown, Ohio, with a mailing address of Cincinnati. Oak Hills often is referred to as "OHHS" by its students and faculty. It is run by the Oak Hills Local School Dist ...

, outside of the township, serves as the area high school. Private schools in the township include

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School and St. Dominic School. Other area schools include

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and Seton High School.

Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church

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is the third oldest

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in Hamilton County, Ohio, established in 1842. OLV has a church, school and athletics. They are known as "

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". A notable alumnus of the school is news anchor

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. OLV is the site of the Greater Cincinnati

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barbeque competition, hosted in August.

Public libraries

The

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operates the Delhi Township Branch. The township first received a library in 1949 when a collection of books opened in Delhi Public School. A permanent library facility was dedicated in January 1968. In 1999, an addition added of space to the building, increased the size of the collection, expanded the children's area, added a glass reading room, and altered the landscaping. The branch was renamed to the Delhi Township Branch Library during its reopening and rededication.Delhi Township Branch
"

. Retrieved on December 13, 2009.

Notable residents

* Sebastian Rentz (winemaker) *

Jim Herman James Robert Herman (born November 5, 1977) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Early life Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Herman learned to play golf at the Shawnee Lookout course in Hamilton County. He graduate ...

Andy Biersack Andrew Dennis Biersack (born December 26, 1990), formerly known as Andy Six, is an American singer. He is the founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Black Veil Brides and is its only remaining original member. In 2014, he started a solo mu ...

References

External links

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