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Delaware (/ˈdɛləwɛər/ DEL-ə-wair) is astate in theMid-Atlantic andSouth Atlantic regions of the United States. It bordersMaryland to its south and west,Pennsylvania to its north,New Jersey to its northeast, and theAtlantic Ocean to its east. The state's name derives from the adjacentDelaware Bay, which in turn was named afterThomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and theColony of Virginia's first colonial-era governor.

Delaware occupies the northeastern portion of theDelmarva Peninsula, and some islands and territory within theDelaware River. It is thesecond-smallest andsixth-least populous state, but also thesixth-most densely populated. Delaware's most populous city isWilmington, and the state'scapital isDover, the second-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, andSussex County. The southern two counties, Kent and Sussex, have historically been predominantly agrarian economies. New Castle is moreurbanized and is considered part of thePhiladelphia metropolitan area. Delaware is considered part of theSouthern United States by theU.S. Census Bureau, but the state's geography, culture, and history are a hybrid of the Mid-Atlantic,Northeastern, and Southern regions of the country.

Before the Delaware coastline was explored and developed byEuropeans in the 17th century, the state was inhabited by severalNative American tribes, including theLenape in the north andNanticoke in the south. The state was first colonized byDutch traders atZwaanendael, near present-dayLewes, Delaware, in 1631. Delaware was one of theThirteen Colonies that participated in theAmerican Revolution againstGreat Britain, which established the United States as an independent nation. On December 7, 1787, Delaware was the first state to ratify theConstitution of the United States, earning it the nickname "The First State". (Full article...)

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There are six colleges and universities inDelaware. These institutions include tworesearch universities, twomaster's university, oneassociates colleges, and onespecial-focus institution. Three of Delaware's post-secondary institutions are private and three are public.

Delaware's oldest post-secondary institution is theUniversity of Delaware, which was chartered by theDelaware General Assembly as a degree-granting college in 1833. The University of Delaware is also the state's largest institution of higher learning in terms of enrollment, with 25,903 students as of 2022.Wilmington University is Delaware's largest private post-secondary institution, with an enrollment of 19,295. (Full article...)

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TheCOVID-19 pandemic was reported to have reached theU.S. state ofDelaware on March 11, 2020, inNew Castle County. The following day, March 12, GovernorJohn Carney declared aState of Emergency for the State of Delaware due to a Public Health Threat. As of February 8, 2021, the Delaware Division of Public Health reported 80,594 cumulative COVID-19 cases and 1,208 deaths. As of May 25, 2021[update], Delaware has administered 904,722 COVID-19 vaccine doses, equivalent to 52.9% of the population. 41.3% of the population is fully vaccinated. (Full article...)

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Delaware Route 896 (DE 896) is a state highway located inNew Castle County,Delaware. The route runs fromU.S. Route 13 (US 13) inBoyds Corner north to theMaryland border northwest ofNewark, where the road becomes unsignedMaryland Route 896 (MD 896) briefly before heading intoPennsylvania asPennsylvania Route 896 (PA 896). The route heads west from US 13 before turning north along withDE 71 inMount Pleasant, crossing theChesapeake & Delaware Canal on theSummit Bridge. After the bridge, DE 71 splits off to the east and the road continues toGlasgow, where it comes to an intersection withUS 40. DE 896 continues north and interchange withInterstate 95 (I-95) before reaching Newark, where it bypasses theUniversity of Delaware to the west by followingDE 4, Elkton Road, and South Main Street. DE 896 comes to downtown Newark and continues northwest to the Maryland border. DE 896 has a business route,DE 896 Business (DE 896 Bus.), that passes through Glasgow, and had an alternate alignment south of Glasgow calledDE 896 Alternate (DE 896 Alt.).

DE 896 was originally built as a state highway during the 1920s and 1930s. By 1938, the route was designated between DE 71 in Summit Bridge and the Maryland border northwest of Newark. In the 1950s, the route was extended to US 13 south ofTownsend, following DE 71 toMiddletown and replacing a part of that route south of there. Between the 1950s and 1990s, various alignments ofUS 301,US 301N, andUS 301S followed DE 896. In the 1980s, DE 896 was realigned to head from Mount Pleasant to US 13 in Boyds Corner, with DE 71 later being extended down the former route past Middletown. Also around this time, DE 896 was rerouted to bypass the University of Delaware to the west. A bypass of Glasgow was completed in the 1990s. The concurrency with US 301 between Mount Pleasant and Glasgow was removed in 2019. (Full article...)

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RankNameCountyPop.
1WilmingtonNew Castle70,635
2DoverKent38,079
3NewarkNew Castle33,673
4MiddletownNew Castle22,582
5SmyrnaNew Castle/Kent11,580
6MilfordKent/Sussex11,353
7SeafordSussex7,861
8GeorgetownSussex7,427
9ElsmereNew Castle5,981
10New CastleNew Castle5,529

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