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Wilmington, Delaware
Paxahakink / Pakehakink (Unami) | |
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Downtown Wilmington and the Christina River | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Etymology: Named after Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington | |
| Nickname(s): Corporate Capital of the World, Chemical Capital of the World | |
| Motto: In the middle of it all[1] | |
 Location within New Castle County | |
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| Coordinates: 39°44′45″N 75°32′48″W / 39.74583°N 75.54667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | New Castle |
| Founded at The Rocks, Swedes' Landing, Fort Christina, Kristinehamn settlement | March 1638 |
| Incorporated as Willingtown | 1731 |
| Borough Charter as Wilmington | 1739 |
| City Charter | March 7, 1832 |
| Named for | Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-mayor |
| • Mayor | Mike Purzycki (D) |
| Area | |
| • City | 17.19 sq mi (44.52 km2) |
| • Land | 10.89 sq mi (28.22 km2) |
| • Water | 6.29 sq mi (16.30 km2) |
| • Urban - Northern NCCo.DE | 213.35 sq mi (552.58 km2) |
| • Metro - Wilmington/Newark Statistical Division, DE-MD-NJ | 1,103.86 sq mi (2,859 km2) |
| Elevation | 92 ft (28 m) |
| Highest elevation - Mount Salem Hill, Rockford Park | 330 ft (100 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City | 70,898 (within city limits) |
| • Density | 6,510.38/sq mi (2,512.48/km2) |
| • Urban - Northern NCCo.DE | 484,926 (US: 87th) |
| • Urban density | 2,272.91/sq mi (877.57/km2) |
| • Metro | 723,993 (US: 82nd)(Wilmington Metropolitan Division DE-MD-NJ Delaware statistical areas |
| • Metro density | 655.87/sq mi (253.23/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 19801-19810, 19850, 19880, 19884-19886, 19890-19899 |
| Area code | 302 |
| FIPS code | 10-77580 |
| GNIS feature ID | 214862[3] |
| Airport | Wilmington Airport |
| Major highways |    |
| Commuter rail |   |
| Website | wilmingtonde.gov |
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Wilmington (Lenape: Paxahakink / Pakehakink)[4] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area (synonymous with the Philadelphia metropolitan area). Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister during the reign of George II of Great Britain.
As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 70,898.[5] Wilmington is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan statistical area (which also includes Philadelphia, Reading, Camden, and other urban areas), which had a 2020 core metropolitan statistical area population of 6,228,601, representing the seventh largest metropolitan region in the nation, and a combined statistical area population of 7.366 million.[6]
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- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
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