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1821
The Delhi Fire Department was formed.
1821
The Village of Delhi was incorporated.
1819
The Delaware Academy was established by an act of the New York State Legislature.
1819
In this year, an Episcopal congregation was formed.
1811
The first church building was erected in the Town of Delhi on the "Flats" for the Scottish Presbyterian Church.
1809
Cassia Lodge No. 180 was instituted in Delhi.
1804
The Associate Reformed Church congregation, made up of Scottish settlers, met in Leal's barn on the "Flats".
1800
Deer and Elk flocked to the salt spring on the Frisbee Farm; the elk giving the creek its name.
1800
School District #1 was created in the Elk Creek area.
1798
The Town of Delhi was established in 1798.
1797
Ebenezer Foote settled at what is now Fraser. Foote is credited with giving Delhi its name.
1795
Oliver Peake settled and built a sawmill at the mouth of this creek, which is now named for him.
1785
Jacob Platner settled on a farm at the mouth of the brook that bears his name. We know it as Fraser today. http://bit.ly/1oxpUvk
