TheFlag of Delaware Delaware /ˈ d ɛ l ə w ɛər ⓘ DEL -ə-wairstate 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...
Entries here consist ofGood andFeatured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards. Thomas Francis Bayard Wilmington, Delaware . ADemocrat , he served three terms as theUnited States Senator from Delaware and made three unsuccessful bids for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. In 1885, PresidentGrover Cleveland appointed himSecretary of State . After four years in private life, he returned to the diplomatic arena asAmbassador to Great Britain .
Born in Delaware to a prominent family, Bayard learned politics from his fatherJames A. Bayard Jr. , who also served in the Senate. In 1869, the Delaware legislature elected Bayard to the Senate upon his father's retirement. APeace Democrat during theCivil War , Bayard spent his early years in the Senate in opposition toRepublican policies, especially theReconstruction of the defeated Confederate states. His conservatism extended to financial matters as he became known as a staunch supporter of thegold standard and an opponent ofgreenbacks andsilver coinage which he believed would causeinflation . Bayard's conservative politics made him popular in theSouthern United States and with financial interests in theEastern United States , but never popular enough to obtain the Democratic nomination for president which he attempted to win in 1876, 1880 and 1884. (Full article...
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Image 1 Delaware's
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Image 5 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
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Image 9 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
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Image 11 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
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Image 26 The population density map for Delaware (from
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Image 34 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from
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Image 37 Delaware's
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Image 46 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
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Image 47 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from
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Image 51 The population density map for Delaware (from
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... thatJoe Biden has citedWilmington, Delaware , andSyracuse, New York , as possible locations for theJoseph R. Biden Jr. Presidential Library ... that the 2024 inductees to theDelaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame include aman with Down syndrome "average gymnast" "preeminent sportswriter" "greatest high hurdler" "inventor" 10-year-old champion gymnast field hockey player pro baseball player ... that a candidate in the1968 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware ... thatLaura LeRoy Travis University of Delaware to coach a men's sports team? ... thatChris Anderson Delaware state golf championship? ... thatGary Tuggle Drug Enforcement Administration division, led potentially the largest prepackaged heroin seizure in Delaware history?
Entries here consist ofGood articles , which meet a core set of high editorial standards. Interstate 295 I-295 ) inDelaware ,New Jersey , andPennsylvania is anauxiliary Interstate Highway , designated as abypass aroundPhiladelphia , and a partialbeltway ofTrenton .
The route begins at the interchange withI-95 south ofWilmington , and runs to an interchange withI-95 inBristol Township, Pennsylvania . The highway heads east from I-95 and crosses theDelaware River into New Jersey on theDelaware Memorial Bridge ,running concurrently withUS 40 . Upon entering New Jersey, I-295 runs concurrently with theNew Jersey Turnpike and US 40 for a brief 0.5 miles (0.80 km) until splitting away at exit 1 and runs parallel to the turnpike for most of its course in the state. After a concurrency withUS 130 inGloucester County , I-295 has an interchange withI-76 andRoute 42 inCamden County . The freeway continues northeasterly towards Trenton, where it interchanges withI-195 andRoute 29 before bypassing the city to the east, north, and west, crossing the Delaware River on theScudder Falls Bridge into Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, I-295 is signed as an east–west road and heads south to its other terminus at I-95. I-295 is one of twoauxiliary Interstates in the US to enter three states, the other being theI-275 beltway aroundCincinnati , which entersOhio ,Indiana , andKentucky . (Full article...
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Largest cities or towns in Delaware 2018 United States Census Bureau Estimate
Rank Name County Pop. 1 Wilmington New Castle 70,635 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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