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Delaware (/ˈdɛləwɛər/ ^ⓘ DEL-ə-wair) is a state 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...)

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The U.S. state of Delaware is divided into three counties, the fewest of any state in the United States: New Castle, Kent and Sussex. The origin of the county boundaries goes back to their former court districts. (Full article...)

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Dover – The City that Means Well (according to George Carlin)
Lewes – First Town in the First State.
Rehoboth Beach – The Nation's Summer Capital.
Seaford – The Nylon Capital of the World
Wilmington – Chemical Capital of the World. (Full article...)

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Image 1Picking Peaches in Delaware, an illustration in an 1878 issue of Harper's Weekly (from Delaware)
Image 2Ethnic origins in Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 3The Twelve-Mile Circle (from Delaware)
Image 4Map of Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 5Seaford (from Delaware)
Image 6Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 7Sunset in Woodbrook, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 8Fort 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 9Wilmington Station in Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 10Dover (from Delaware)
Image 11Sunset in Woodbrook, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 12Newark (from Delaware)
Image 13The Cape May–Lewes Ferry (from Delaware)
Image 14The Twelve-Mile Circle (from Delaware)
Image 15The Blackbird Pond on the Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in New Castle County, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 16Ethnic origins in Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 17Fort 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 18Picking Peaches in Delaware, an illustration in an 1878 issue of Harper's Weekly (from Delaware)
Image 19NASCAR racing at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover (from Delaware)
Image 20Delaware 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 21The population density map for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 22The University of Delaware in Newark (from Delaware)
Image 23Delaware's license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from Delaware)
Image 24Rehoboth Beach, a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from Delaware)
Image 25The Blackbird Pond on the Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in New Castle County, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 26A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from Delaware)
Image 27NASCAR racing at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover (from Delaware)
Image 28Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States and a U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from Delaware)
Image 29The Delaware General Assembly meets in Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover. (from Delaware)
Image 30The Cape May–Lewes Ferry (from Delaware)
Image 31A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from Delaware)
Image 32The population density map for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 33The University of Delaware in Newark (from Delaware)
Image 34Wilmington Station in Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 35Seaford (from Delaware)
Image 36Delaware's license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from Delaware)
Image 37Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is a partial toll road linking Fenwick Island and Wilmington. (from Delaware)
Image 38Nautical chart of the Dutch colony Zwaanendael and Godyn's Bay (Delaware Bay), 1639 (from History of Delaware)
Image 39Newark (from Delaware)
Image 40A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from Delaware)
Image 41The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 42Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is a partial toll road linking Fenwick Island and Wilmington. (from Delaware)
Image 43Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 44Fort Delaware, painted circa 1870 by Seth Eastman. (from History of Delaware)
Image 45The Delaware General Assembly meets in Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover. (from Delaware)
Image 46A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from Delaware)
Image 47Map of Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 48The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 49Rehoboth Beach, a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from Delaware)
Image 50Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States and a U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from Delaware)
Image 51Dover (from Delaware)

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... that the only purpose of the Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller was to promote a political candidate?
... that Delaware politician Armwell Long was said to have once outranked his close friend, George Washington? (See discussions regarding this hook at Talk:Armwell Long.)
... that Dave Frederick has been referred to as the "Sussex County humorist-teacher-writer-radio-host-philosopher dude"?
... that Delaware weekly newspaper The Faulkland Quiz was founded, edited and published by an 18-year-old?
... that The Breakwater Light was the first newspaper in the first town in the first state?
... that Paul Chadick performed so well in the Delaware River Basketball League that a sportswriter said it would "benefit the league if he retired"?

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Delaware Route 7 (DE 7) is a north–south highway in New Castle County, Delaware that connects U.S. Route 13 (US 13) and DE 72 in Wrangle Hill north to the Pennsylvania border near Hockessin, where the road continues into Pennsylvania as State Route 3013 (SR 3013), intersecting Pennsylvania Route 41 (PA 41) at an interchange. Between Wrangle Hill and Christiana, DE 7 runs parallel to the west of the DE 1 freeway through suburban areas, passing through Bear. DE 7 joins DE 1 next to the Christiana Mall and comes to an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95), where DE 1 reaches its northern terminus, before the freeway ends at the DE 58 interchange. After the freeway segment, DE 7 continues north as an at-grade road concurrent with DE 4 through Stanton. From Stanton to the Pennsylvania border, DE 7 heads northwest through suburban areas, passing through Pike Creek.

What is now DE 7 was built as a state highway during the 1920s and 1930s. By 1936, the route was designated to run along its present alignment between US 13 near Red Lion and the Pennsylvania border. From the 1950s to the 1970s, DE 7 became a divided highway between Christiana and Milltown Road. With the construction of the DE 1 freeway in the 1990s, DE 7 was shifted to a portion of the freeway near the Christiana Mall. The route was also extended south to an intersection with US 13 and DE 72 as a result of the relocation of US 13 onto a portion of the freeway. The road also became a divided highway between Milltown Road and DE 72 in the 1990s. In 1999, an interchange was built at DE 58 as a result of a northward extension of the freeway along DE 7. The interchange with I-95 was reconstructed to include flyover ramps in 2013. (Full article...)

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Largest cities

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

See List of municipalities in Delaware for a full list.

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