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Delaware (/ˈdɛləwɛər/ ^ⓘ DEL-ə-wair) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states 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 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...)

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Hurricane Isabel shortly after landfall

The effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware resulted in one of only thirteen presidential disaster declarations for the state of Delaware. Hurricane Isabel formed from a tropical wave on September 6, 2003, in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. It moved northwestward, and within an environment of light wind shear and warm waters, it steadily strengthened to reach peak winds of 165 mph (266 km/h) on September 11. After fluctuating in intensity for four days, Isabel gradually weakened and made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with winds of 105 mph (169 km/h) on September 18. It quickly weakened over land and became extratropical over Pennsylvania the next day. The storm's center remained to the south and west of Delaware, and was about 175 miles (282 km) from the state at its closest approach. At that time, Isabel was a strong tropical storm located in central Virginia.

The effects of the hurricane were compounded by flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Henri days before. Moderate winds of up to 62 mph (100 km/h) downed numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines across the state, leaving at least 15,300 without power. Numerous low-lying areas were flooded due to high surf, strong storm surge, or run-off from flooding further inland. The passage of Hurricane Isabel resulted in $40 million in damage (2003 USD, ($66.3 million 2024 USD)) and no casualties in the state. Hurricane Isabel was the ninth named storm of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season on September 6, 2003. (Full article...)

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New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the state's population of 989,948. The county seat is Wilmington, which is also the state's most populous city. New Castle County is included in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is named after William Cavendish, 1st duke of Newcastle (c. 1593–1676). New Castle County has the highest population and population density of any Delaware county, and it is the smallest county in the state by area. It has more people than the other two counties, Kent and Sussex, combined. It is also the most economically developed of the three. (Full article...)

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Image 1The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 2Nautical chart of the Dutch colony Zwaanendael and Godyn's Bay (Delaware Bay), 1639 (from History of Delaware)
Image 3The population density map for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 4Sunset in Woodbrook, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 5The Blackbird Pond on the Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in New Castle County, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 6Ethnic origins in Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 7A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from Delaware)
Image 8Map of Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 9Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 10Wilmington Station in Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 11Ethnic origins in Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 12Dover (from Delaware)
Image 13Fort 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 14The Cape May–Lewes Ferry (from Delaware)
Image 15A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from Delaware)
Image 16The Delaware General Assembly meets in Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover. (from Delaware)
Image 17A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from Delaware)
Image 18Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is a partial toll road linking Fenwick Island and Wilmington. (from Delaware)
Image 19Rehoboth Beach, a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from Delaware)
Image 20Seaford (from Delaware)
Image 21The Delaware General Assembly meets in Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover. (from Delaware)
Image 22The population density map for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 23Map of Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 24The Twelve-Mile Circle (from Delaware)
Image 25Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 26A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from Delaware)
Image 27Picking Peaches in Delaware, an illustration in an 1878 issue of Harper's Weekly (from Delaware)
Image 28The University of Delaware in Newark (from Delaware)
Image 29NASCAR racing at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover (from Delaware)
Image 30The University of Delaware in Newark (from Delaware)
Image 31Delaware's license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from Delaware)
Image 32The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 33Fort 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 34Fort Delaware, painted circa 1870 by Seth Eastman. (from History of Delaware)
Image 35The Blackbird Pond on the Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in New Castle County, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 36Newark (from Delaware)
Image 37Delaware's license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from Delaware)
Image 38Dover (from Delaware)
Image 39Sunset in Woodbrook, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 40Seaford (from Delaware)
Image 41The Twelve-Mile Circle (from Delaware)
Image 42Delaware 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 43Rehoboth Beach, a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from Delaware)
Image 44Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States and a U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from Delaware)
Image 45Newark (from Delaware)
Image 46The Cape May–Lewes Ferry (from Delaware)
Image 47NASCAR racing at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover (from Delaware)
Image 48Wilmington Station in Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 49Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is a partial toll road linking Fenwick Island and Wilmington. (from Delaware)
Image 50Picking Peaches in Delaware, an illustration in an 1878 issue of Harper's Weekly (from Delaware)
Image 51Joe 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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... 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 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 the 2024 inductees to the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame include a man with Down syndrome who has lifted 425 pounds (193 kg), an "average gymnast" turned Olympics judge, a "preeminent sportswriter", the state's "greatest high hurdler", the "inventor" of the modern sports mascot, a record-setting 10-year-old, a champion gymnast, an Olympic field hockey player, and a pro baseball player in five countries?
... that The Breakwater Light was the first newspaper in the first town in the first state?
... that Delaware weekly newspaper The Faulkland Quiz was founded, edited and published by an 18-year-old?

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Pennsylvania Route 491 (PA 491) and Delaware Route 491 (DE 491) is a state highway starting in Delaware County, Pennsylvania and ending in New Castle County, Delaware. Also known as Naamans Creek Road, the route runs from U.S. Route 202 (US 202) in Concord Township east to the Delaware border in Lower Chichester Township. In the state of Delaware, the highway runs for 0.36 mi (0.58 km) as a connector between the Pennsylvania border and DE 92 near Claymont, Delaware. PA 491 runs closely parallel to the Delaware border throughout its route. It intersects PA 261 in the Booths Corner section of Bethel Township. The western portion of PA 491 was first designated as part of Legislative Route 135 in 1911. In the 1920s, the Delaware portion of road was built as a state highway while PA 491 was created in 1928. (Full article...)

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Largest cities

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

See List of municipalities in Delaware for a full list.

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2000 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-15, score: 34
1996 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-15, score: 34
1992 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-15, score: 34
1988 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-15, score: 34
1984 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-15, score: 34
1980 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-15, score: 34
1976 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-15, score: 34
1972 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-15, score: 34

1968 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-14, score: 34
1964 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-14, score: 34
1960 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-14, score: 44
1956 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-14, score: 34
1952 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-14, score: 34
1948 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-14, score: 34

1944 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-12, score: 34
1940 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Indylover2010 (talk · contribs · new pages (93)) started on 2024-11-12, score: 34

Melinda Duncan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Vycl1994 (talk · contribs · new pages (11)) started on 2024-11-11, score: 50

Dave Sunday (politician) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Muboshgu (talk · contribs · new pages (30)) started on 2024-11-07, score: 30

2023 in Delaware (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Thief-River-Faller (talk · contribs · new pages (28)) started on 2024-11-05, score: 34

Kevin Fleming (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by TJMSmith (talk · contribs · new pages (33)) started on 2024-11-02, score: 34

1968 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by LeonEpik (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-11-02, score: 34

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