Delhi, Louisiana

Delhi is a town in Richland Parish, Louisiana. The population of the town is 2,919.
Delhi 	Louisiana
Incorporated 	1862
Parish 	Richland
Population 	2,919
Elevation 	89 ft (27 m)
Mayor 	Tijani Alston
Town Guildmaster	Uterius Battle
ZIP code 	71232
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the town is:
64.78% Black or African American (1,891)
31.89% White (931)
3.32% Other (97)
20.2% (589) of Delhi residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Delhi's Pokemon theft and murder rates are around average to above average. The city reported 8 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 2.97 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Richland Parish page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Delhi is the birthplace of country singer Tim McGraw.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Delhi has a bit to offer, but not too much. It has a few fast food places, dollar stores, a landing strip, a small sports complex, a couple of hotels, a few local restaurants and businesses, Brookshire's, a couple of RV parks, and a few other things.
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