The Flag of Delaware Delaware DEL -ə-wairstate in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States . It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey to its northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state's name derives from the adjacent Delaware Bay , which in turn was named after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr , an English nobleman and the Colony of Virginia 's first colonial-era governor.
Delaware occupies the northeastern portion of the Delmarva Peninsula , and some islands and territory within the Delaware River . It is the 2nd smallest and 6th least populous state, but also the 6th most densely populated . Delaware's most populous city is Wilmington , and the state's capital is Dover , the 2nd most populous city in Delaware . The state is divided into three counties , the fewest number of counties of any of the 50 U.S. states; from north to south, the three counties are: New Castle County , Kent County , and Sussex County . The southern two counties, Kent and Sussex counties, historically have been predominantly agrarian economies. New Castle is more urbanized and is considered part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan statistical area that surrounds and includes Philadelphia , the nation's sixth most populous city . Delaware is considered part of the Southern United States by the U.S. Census Bureau , but the state's geography, culture, and history are a hybrid of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the country.
Before Delaware coastline was explored and developed by Europeans in the 16th century, the state was inhabited by several Native Americans tribes, including the Lenape in the north and Nanticoke in the south. The state was first colonized by Dutch traders at Zwaanendael , near present-day Lewes, Delaware , in 1631. Delaware was one of the Thirteen Colonies that participated in the American Revolution and American Revolutionary War , in which the American Continental Army , led by George Washington , defeated the British , ended British colonization and established the United States as a sovereign and independent nation. On December 7, 1787, Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States , earning it the nickname "The First State". (Full article...
Entries here consist of Good and Featured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards. Track map of all tropical cyclones that passed over Delaware from 1851 to 2005 The following is a list of tropical cyclones that affected the U.S. state of Delaware tropical cyclone has struck the state while maintaining hurricane intensity , and only two storms since 1851 caused hurricane-force winds in the state.
October 21, 1749 – A hurricane impacted the Mid-Atlantic, and impacts were observed in Delaware, but it's unclear at what strength the storm was when it impacted the state.
Fall, 1783 – Nine large ships crash near Cape Henlopen during a gale, killing several people.
September 2, 1785 – A hurricane causes 181 deaths in the state. Whether or not it made landfall is unknown.
September 3–5, 1815 – A tropical storm passes over extreme southeastern Delaware. Effects, if any, are unknown.
September 3, 1821 – The eye of the Norfolk and Long Island Hurricane moves directly over Cape Henlopen for 30 minutes.
August 17, 1830 – A hurricane that passes to the east of the state capsizes three ships along the Delaware capes. (Full article...
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This is a list of all people prominent enough to be contained in Wikipedia who were associated with the U.S. state of
Delaware , including those who were born, lived or were otherwise associated with locally performed activities in a recognizable way. (
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The following are images from various Delaware-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 3 A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in
Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from
Delaware )
Image 4 Newark (from
Delaware )
Image 5 Newark (from
Delaware )
Image 6 The population density map for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 7 Fort Delaware State Park on
Pea Patch Island , a popular spot during the spring and summer; a ferry takes visitors to the fort from nearby
Delaware City . (from
Delaware )
Image 8 Picking Peaches in Delaware , an illustration in an 1878 issue of
Harper's Weekly (from
Delaware )
Image 9 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 11 Map of Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 15 Dover (from
Delaware )
Image 16 Rehoboth Beach , a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from
Delaware )
Image 18 Seaford (from
Delaware )
Image 19 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 20 Fort Delaware State Park on
Pea Patch Island , a popular spot during the spring and summer; a ferry takes visitors to the fort from nearby
Delaware City . (from
Delaware )
Image 21 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
Delaware )
Image 22 Map of Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 24 The population density map for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 25 Seaford (from
Delaware )
Image 26 Rehoboth Beach , a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from
Delaware )
Image 27 Joe Biden , the 46th president of the United States and a
U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from
Delaware )
Image 28 Joe Biden , the 46th president of the United States and a
U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from
Delaware )
Image 30 Nautical chart of the
Dutch colony Zwaanendael and Godyn's Bay (
Delaware Bay ), 1639 (from
History of Delaware )
Image 31 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 34 Dover (from
Delaware )
Image 35 Delaware's
license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from
Delaware )
Image 38 A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in
Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from
Delaware )
Image 39 Delaware was named for
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr , an English merchant and governor of the
Colony of Virginia from 1610 to 1618. (from
History of Delaware )
Image 41 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
Delaware )
Image 42 Fort Delaware , painted circa 1870 by
Seth Eastman . (from
History of Delaware )
Image 43 Picking Peaches in Delaware , an illustration in an 1878 issue of
Harper's Weekly (from
Delaware )
Image 44 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 45 Delaware's
license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from
Delaware )
Image 46 The Blackbird Pond on the
Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in
New Castle County, Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 48 The Blackbird Pond on the
Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in
New Castle County, Delaware (from
Delaware )
... that Delaware weekly newspaper The Faulkland Quiz
... that Paul Chadick
... that Dave Frederick Sussex County humorist-teacher-writer-radio-host-philosopher dude"?
... that the 2024 inductees to the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame include a man with Down syndrome "average gymnast" "preeminent sportswriter" "greatest high hurdler" "inventor" 10-year-old champion gymnast field hockey player pro baseball player
... that Delaware politician Armwell Long George Washington ? (See discussions regarding this hook at Talk:Armwell Long .)
... that The Breakwater Light first town in the first state ?
Entries here consist of Good articles , which meet a core set of high editorial standards. Delaware Route 1A DE 1A ) is a state highway in Sussex County, Delaware . The route, which is signed north-south, runs 2.01 mi (3.23 km) from DE 1 in the town of Dewey Beach north to another intersection with DE 1 west of the city of Rehoboth Beach . The route provides access to Rehoboth Beach from DE 1, heading north before turning to the west. DE 1A follows King Charles Avenue, Bayard Avenue, 2nd Street (southbound), Christian Street (northbound), and Rehoboth Avenue.
What is now DE 1A was originally a part of
DE 14 between 1936 and 1942. The road was designated
DE 14A by 1966. In the 1970s, DE 1A was designated along DE 14A for a few years before DE 14A was decommissioned in favor of DE 1A. Between 2002 and 2006, a streetscape project revitalized the Rehoboth Avenue portion of the route and a
roundabout was added at the northern entrance to Rehoboth Beach. (
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Largest cities or towns in Delaware 2018 United States Census Bureau Estimate
Rank
Name
County
Municipal pop.
Wilmington Dover
1
Wilmington New Castle 70,635
Newark Middletown
2
Dover Kent 38,079
3
Newark New Castle 33,673
4
Middletown New Castle 22,582
5
Smyrna New Castle/Kent 11,580
6
Milford Kent/Sussex 11,353
7
Seaford Sussex 7,861
8
Georgetown Sussex 7,427
9
Elsmere New Castle 5,981
10
New Castle New Castle 5,529
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