Portal:Delaware
The Delaware PortalDelaware (/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 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 6th 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. (Full article... )
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Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States and a U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from Delaware)
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Rehoboth Beach, a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from Delaware)
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license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from Delaware)Delaware's
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license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from Delaware)Delaware's
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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)
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Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is a partial toll road linking Fenwick Island and Wilmington. (from Delaware)
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Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States and a U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from Delaware)
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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)Delaware was named for
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Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is a partial toll road linking Fenwick Island and Wilmington. (from Delaware)
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Rehoboth Beach, a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from Delaware)
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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)
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Did you know -
- ... that Delaware weekly newspaper The Faulkland Quiz was founded, edited and published by an 18-year-old?
- ... that the only purpose of the Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller was to promote a political candidate?
- ... that Dave Frederick has been referred to as the "Sussex County humorist-teacher-writer-radio-host-philosopher dude"?
- ... that Paul Chadick performed so well in the Delaware River Basketball League that a sportswriter said it would "benefit the league if he retired"?
- ... that The Breakwater Light was the first newspaper in the first town in the first state?
- ... 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.)
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Delaware Route 6 (DE 6) is a state highway in Kent County, Delaware. It runs from Maryland Route 291 (MD 291) at the Maryland border west of Blackiston east to the Delaware Bay in Woodland Beach. The route passes through rural areas of northern Kent County as well as the towns of Clayton and Smyrna. DE 6 intersects DE 42 in Blackiston, DE 15 in Clayton, DE 300 and U.S. Route 13 (US 13) in Smyrna, and DE 9 to the east of Smyrna. The road was built as a state highway during the 1920s and 1930s and received the DE 6 designation by 1936. The easternmost part of the route was paved in the 1960s and the route was moved to its current alignment bypassing downtown Smyrna by the 1990s. (Full article...)
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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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