This mural is about the history of a little town called Delhi. These murals are placed by a dedicated group of volunteers who hope that others will read and learn about our town. Delhi was first known as the Hamlet of Soverigns or Sovereens Corners settled by the Sovereign family in the early 1800s. When Frederick Sovereign laid out a townsite in 1828 he called the place Fredericksburg but that name was in use elsewhere and the post office chose the name Middleton. In 1832, the first postmaster, Robert Decow, renamed the town Delhi from the capital city of India where there pronunciation is "Delli" while we pronounce it "Delhigh" Note: In the Norfolk County Atlas of 1877 called Delhi - Fredericksburg. In 1872, the airline railway arrived, which later became The Grand Trunk Railway & their "system brochure" (issues 1907) called their first station Delhi that was built in 1880.
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