Delaware, Indiana

{{distinguish|Delaware County, Indiana}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Delaware, Indiana |settlement_type = Unincorporated community and Census-designated place |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Indiana#USA |pushpin_label = Delaware |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Indiana |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Ripley |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = Delaware |established_title = Platted |established_date = 16 May 1870 |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |timezone = Eastern |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = Eastern |utc_offset_DST = -4 |coordinates = {{coord|39|08|44|N|85|12|22|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 938 |founder = |named_for = |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 47037 |area_codes = 812, 930 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 18-17506<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=US Census Bureau|accessdate=31 January 2008|title=US Census website}}</ref> |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 2830512<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2830512}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }} '''Delaware''' is an unincorporated community in Delaware Township, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.<ref name=gnis/>

==History== Delaware was platted in 1870.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n129 112]|quote=This village was platted on May 16, 1870.}}</ref> An old variant name of the community was called '''Rei'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:4:0::NO:4:P4_FID,P4_OBJECTID,P4_FNAME:433448,31629249,Rei|title=USGS detail on Delaware - Variant Citation|accessdate=5 March 2017}}</ref>

A post office was established at Delaware in 1838, and operated until 1933.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Ripley|title=Ripley County|publisher=Jim Forte Postal History|accessdate=5 March 2017}}</ref>

==Demographics== The United States Census Bureau first delineated Delaware as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2022 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2022/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}</ref>

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Ripley County, Indiana Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana