DELAWARE, a city of central Ohio, U.S.A., 24m. N. of Columbus, on the Olentangy river; the county seat of Delaware county. It is on Federal highways 23 and 42, and is served by the Big Four, the Hocking Valley and the Pennsylvania railways. The population was 8,756 in 192o; 193o it was 8,675. The city is built on rolling ground, 9ooft. above sea-level. It is the seat of the Ohio Wesleyan university, founded in 1841 by the Ohio Con ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Delaware was laid out in 1808 and incorporated in 1815. It was the birthplace of President Hayes.