This was also the home of the Prophet, brother of the Indian Chief Tecumseh, and until it fell by decay, here stood the post at which he caused his enemies, pioneers and Indians, to be tortured. It was through the influence of David Conner, an Indian trader who was the first settler in Delaware County, that the tribe ceased to use this post. 

Although its soil is well adapted to agriculture, Delaware County is chiefly known because of its commercial and industrial activities, and as now constituted has twelve townships with an area of 392 square miles. It is one of the central eastern group of Indiana counties.

The incorporated towns are: Albany, 1,413; Eaton, 1,273; Gaston, 654; Selma, 344, and Yorktown, 909. The population of Delaware County in 1890 was 30,131; 1900, 49,624; 1910, 51,414; 1920, 66,377; 1930, 67,270.

The city of Muncie, with a population of 46,548, is one of Indiana's outstanding centers of trade and manufacture. It is on White River, fifty-four miles northeast of Indianapolis. Five railroads provide transportation for its numerous products. The eighty-nine manufacturing establishments employed 8,553 workers on pay rolls totaling $9,387,179, according to 1935 federal census figures. The value of the products was $47,832,128.

Delaware County's manufactured products include malleable iron, steel, silverware, novelties, window glass, carriages, buggies, iron fencing, fence machinery, engines, lawn mowers, and machinery. It is the center of the glass jar industry of the world. There are numerous other industries, notably a large bending works.

Muncie is the home of Ball State Teachers' College. Old Town Hill and other sites about the city add to its cultural and historic background. The city's present-day attractions include eight leading parks, Tuhey Swimming Pool, fairgrounds, White River development, and the golf courses. Some of the parks are McCullough, Heekin, Rose, Tuhey, and Thomas.

Outstanding, perhaps, among the notables is the Ball Family, famed as industrial leaders and as philanthropists and leaders in the cause of education. Others whose names are important include Perry Heath, former Assistant Secretary in the U. S. Department of Labor, and Charles Murray, the film comedian, who was a native. Notable names from out of the past include Thomas Marshall, once a member of the Appellate Court.

There were 2,874 farms in this county, according to the 1935 federal census. These farms, with a total value of $15,116,311, average 80.6 acres each. There was a total of 86,427 head of livestock reported.

One of the more important industrial counties, it listed 106 manufacturing establishments in 1935. The concerns employed 9,040 wage earners on pay rolls totaling $9,872,043. The industrial produce value was $52,672,429.

The county's tax valuation for 1936 was $67,596,720.