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Delhi, LA - History
We would like to provide the residents of Delhi a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Delhi Home page. The Delhi Home page provides as much information as possible on Delhi. Knowing Delhi’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Delhi’s Home page, you will also find Delhi’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Delhi has a population of 2809. 49% of Delhi’s inhabitants are Male, and 51 are female. 40.2% of Delhi is married and 53.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $108,904, and the average rent is $662. Household median income in Delhi is $24,957, and the individual median income is $16,640. Delhi’s Ethnic is the following: Black(53.3%), White(45.3%), Hispanic(5.8%), Multiple(1.4%).
During the American Civil War, Delhi and Monroe, the seat of Ouachita Parish, were overcrowded with unwelcome refugees from rural areas to the east when the forces of General U.S. Grant moved into northeastern Louisiana. Grant spent the winter of 1862-1863 at Winter Quarters south of Newellton in Tensas Parish in preparation for the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
He did not take the river port city until July 4, 1863. Historian John D. Winters reported "strong Union sympathy" in both Delhi and Monroe.In the 1940s, Delhi was the center of a large natural gas boom. Numerous workers came to work in the industry. Several functioning gas fields still surround the town. From 1968-1969, Delhi Fire Department was home to the now defunct Louisiana State Police - Troop O.
The site was abandoned in 1969 after thirteen months' operation, with state services reverting to be provided by Troop F in Monroe.On February 21, 1971, as part of the February 1971 Mississippi Delta tornado outbreak, Louisiana's only recorded F5 tornado struck outside of Delhi. It resulted in forty-seven deaths and was the deadliest F5 tornado to hit the United States since the Jackson, Mississippi, Candlestick Park tornado in 1966.
It was the earliest confirmed F5 tornado during a year. Delhi has a drug store, the E.W. Thomsom Drug Company, which has operated continuously since 1873 in the same downtown location. The company has been owned for four generations by the McEacharn family, who purchased it from the Thomsons in the early 1920s.
Pharmacist Wilfred Bruce McEacharn (born 1956) is the current owner. The lunch counter sells hand-crafted milk shakes and old-fashioned fountain Coca-Colas. Popular menu items include cheeseburgers and plates of tuna and chicken salad. Shari McEacharn, his wife, operates a gift shop within the drug store.
The Thomson Company remains a mainstay of Delhi for all generations of patrons.
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