Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Delphos, OH

Delphos was created in 1851 when four neighboring rival towns — Howard, Section 10, Bredeick Street and East Bredeick — agreed to merge into a single town named after Delphus, a Greek god.

East Bredeick was named for Father John Otto Bredeick, a priest from Verl, Germany, who had purchased the land tract in 1840, and Delphos still keeps a sister-city relationship with Verl.

Delphos's motto is "America's Friendliest City."

The Miami and Erie Canal, a 274-mile waterway linking Cincinnati to Toledo, ran through Delphos, and the inaugural canal boat carrying Ohio's governor passed through on July 4, 1845.

Delphos's first settlers were mostly canal construction workers, and the canal made Delphos a major port — by 1879 more than 100 factories in town produced goods for national and international trade.

A surviving section of the Miami and Erie Canal still runs through downtown Delphos.

Delphos straddles the Allen and Van Wert county line, so its two high schools sit in different counties — Jefferson High School in Van Wert County and St. John's in Allen County.

Delphos had a population of 7,117 at the 2020 census, with 2,957 households.

Delphos supports two high schools with a famous local rivalry: the public Delphos Jefferson Wildcats and the Catholic Delphos St. John's Blue Jays.

Both Delphos teams play at Stadium Park, whose stadium was built in 1940 with capacity for 3,900; the city's other parks include Waterworks Park, Leisure Park, Garfield Park and Suever Park.