The Flag of Delaware Delaware DEL -ə-wairstate in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic regions 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 second-smallest and sixth-least populous state, but also the sixth-most densely populated . Delaware's most populous city is Wilmington , and the state's capital is Dover , 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 , 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 Philadelphia . 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 the Delaware coastline was explored and developed by Europeans in the 16th century, the state was inhabited by several Native American 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 against Great Britain , which established the United States as an 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. The Indian River Inlet Bridge Charles W. Cullen Bridge ) is a cable-stayed bridge located in Sussex County , Delaware , in the United States. It carries four lanes of Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) over the Indian River Inlet between the Indian River Bay and the Atlantic Ocean . The bridge also carries Delaware Bicycle Route 1 (Bike Route 1) across the inlet. The bridge is within Delaware Seashore State Park between Dewey Beach and Bethany Beach . The Indian River Inlet Bridge is maintained by the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT). The bridge is 2,600 feet (792 m) long and 107.66 feet (32.81 m) wide, with a span of 950 feet (290 m) and overhead clearance of 45 feet (14 m).
Prior to the current bridge, four other bridges have spanned the Indian River Inlet, opened in 1934, 1940, 1952, 1965, and 1976, the latter serving as a twin span to the 1965 one. All were known informally as the Indian River Inlet Bridge, and all but the first officially were named the Charles W. Cullen Bridge. The 1965 and 1976 bridges, of the steel girdertype , were subject to scouring from the inlet, leading to the need to replace them. Initial plans for a tied-arch bridge over the inlet in 2004 were over budget, and 2006 plans for a 1,400-foot (427-meter) cable-stayed bridge were cancelled because of early construction and legal problems. Construction of the current, 2,600-foot (792-meter) bridge began in 2008 as part of a design-build project, with Skanska awarded the contract to build the bridge. The current Indian River Inlet Bridge opened partially in January 2012 and completely in May 2012 at a cost of $150 million. (Full article...
Delaware Bay estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the northeast seaboard of the United States, lying between the states of Delaware and New Jersey . It is approximately 782 square miles (2,030 km2 ) in area, the bay's freshwater mixes for many miles with the saltwater of the Atlantic Ocean .
The bay is bordered inland by the states of Delaware and New Jersey , and its mouth is framed by Cape Henlopen in Delaware and Cape May in New Jersey, on the Atlantic. Delaware Bay is bordered by six counties: Sussex, Kent, and New Castle in Delaware, and Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem in New Jersey. The Cape May–Lewes Ferry crosses Delaware Bay from North Cape May, New Jersey , to Lewes, Delaware . The bay's ports are managed by the Delaware River and Bay Authority . (Full article...
The following are images from various Delaware-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Seaford (from
Delaware )
Image 2 Newark (from
Delaware )
Image 3 Joe Biden , the 46th president of the United States and a
U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from
Delaware )
Image 6 The Blackbird Pond on the
Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in
New Castle County, Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 7 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 8 Newark (from
Delaware )
Image 12 Dover (from
Delaware )
Image 13 Fort Delaware , painted circa 1870 by
Seth Eastman . (from
History of Delaware )
Image 15 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
Delaware )
Image 16 The population density map for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 18 Picking Peaches in Delaware , an illustration in an 1878 issue of
Harper's Weekly (from
Delaware )
Image 19 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 Rehoboth Beach , a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from
Delaware )
Image 23 Joe Biden , the 46th president of the United States and a
U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from
Delaware )
Image 24 Nautical chart of the
Dutch colony Zwaanendael and Godyn's Bay (
Delaware Bay ), 1639 (from
History of Delaware )
Image 25 The Blackbird Pond on the
Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in
New Castle County, Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 28 Seaford (from
Delaware )
Image 30 Map of Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 31 The population density map for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 34 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 35 Rehoboth Beach , a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from
Delaware )
Image 38 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 39 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
Delaware )
Image 40 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 41 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 42 A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in
Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from
Delaware )
Image 43 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 44 A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in
Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from
Delaware )
Image 46 Delaware's
license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from
Delaware )
Image 47 Delaware's
license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from
Delaware )
Image 48 Picking Peaches in Delaware , an illustration in an 1878 issue of
Harper's Weekly (from
Delaware )
Image 49 Dover (from
Delaware )
Image 51 Map of Delaware (from
Delaware )
... that Delaware weekly newspaper The Faulkland Quiz
... that Joe Biden has cited Wilmington, Delaware , and Syracuse, New York , as possible locations for the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Presidential Library
... that the only purpose of the Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller
... that The Breakwater Light first town in the first state ?
... that residents of Port Mercer, New Jersey Delaware and Raritan Canal and having local boys "rescue" them for a fee?
... 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
Entries here consist of Good articles , which meet a core set of high editorial standards. Interstate 295 I-295 ) in Delaware , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania is an auxiliary Interstate Highway , designated as a bypass around Philadelphia , and a partial beltway of Trenton .
The route begins at the interchange with I-95 south of Wilmington , and runs to an interchange with I-95 in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania . The highway heads east from I-95 and crosses the Delaware River into New Jersey on the Delaware Memorial Bridge , running concurrently with US 40 . Upon entering New Jersey, I-295 runs concurrently with the New 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 with US 130 in Gloucester County , I-295 has an interchange with I-76 and Route 42 in Camden County . The freeway continues northeasterly towards Trenton, where it interchanges with I-195 and Route 29 before bypassing the city to the east, north, and west, crossing the Delaware River on the Scudder 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 two auxiliary Interstates in the US to enter three states, the other being the I-275 beltway around Cincinnati , which enters Ohio , Indiana , and Kentucky . (Full article...
Largest cities or towns in Delaware 2018 United States Census Bureau Estimate
Rank
Name
County
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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