The Flag of Delaware Delaware DEL -ə-wairstate 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 Delmarva Peninsula , and some islands and territory within the Delaware River . It is the 2nd smallest and 6th least populous state, but also 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 sixth 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.
Before Delaware coastline was explored and developed by Europeans in the 16th century, the state was inhabited by several Native Americans 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 and American Revolutionary War , in which the American Continental Army , led by George Washington , defeated the British , ended British colonization and established the United States as a sovereign and 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. Old Baltimore Pike is a road in the
U.S. state of
Delaware . The road, known as New Castle County Road 26, runs from
Maryland Route 281 (MD 281) at the
Maryland state line south of
Newark, Delaware , and continues east to
Christiana , ending near
Delaware Route 1 (DE 1). The road is paralleled by
Interstate 95 (I-95, Delaware Turnpike) to the north and
U.S. Route 40 (US 40, Pulaski Highway) to the south. The Old Baltimore Pike was built before 1720 and connected
Elkton, Maryland , to Christiana. It was a
turnpike called the
Elk and Christiana Turnpike between 1817 and 1838. In the past it served as a major connection between
Philadelphia and
Baltimore . (
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Wilmington Airport IATA : ILG , ICAO : KILG , FAA LID : ILG ) (formerly known as New Castle Airport , New Castle County Airport , sometimes referred to as Wilmington-New Castle Airport , or to a lesser extent Wilmington/Philadelphia Regional Airport and Greater Wilmington Airport ) is an airport located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware , near Wilmington , Delaware . Owned by New Castle County and operated under a lease agreement with the Delaware River and Bay Authority , it is five miles (8 km) south of Wilmington and about 30 miles (50 km) from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.
Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 642 passenger boardings (enplanements) in
calendar year 2011 and 1,064 passenger boardings in 2012. Thanks to the inauguration of service by
Frontier Airlines , 2013 enplanements increased to 52,456, though Frontier ceased its Delaware service in 2015. Frontier resumed service to Wilmington in February 2021 but discontinued service again in June 2022.
Avelo Airlines has since started service to Wilmington in February 2023. (
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The following are images from various Delaware-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Seaford (from
Delaware )
Image 2 Map of Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 3 Fort Delaware , painted circa 1870 by
Seth Eastman . (from
History of Delaware )
Image 5 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 8 The Blackbird Pond on the
Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in
New Castle County, Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 9 Dover (from
Delaware )
Image 11 Rehoboth Beach , a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from
Delaware )
Image 12 Seaford (from
Delaware )
Image 15 Joe Biden , the 46th president of the United States and a
U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from
Delaware )
Image 16 Map of Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 18 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (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 20 A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in
Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from
Delaware )
Image 21 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 22 Picking Peaches in Delaware , an illustration in an 1878 issue of
Harper's Weekly (from
Delaware )
Image 27 The population density map for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 28 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 30 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
Delaware )
Image 31 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
Delaware )
Image 32 Delaware's
license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from
Delaware )
Image 33 Newark (from
Delaware )
Image 36 Nautical chart of the
Dutch colony Zwaanendael and Godyn's Bay (
Delaware Bay ), 1639 (from
History of Delaware )
Image 37 Newark (from
Delaware )
Image 38 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 39 Rehoboth Beach , a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from
Delaware )
Image 40 Delaware's
license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from
Delaware )
Image 44 The Blackbird Pond on the
Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in
New Castle County, Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 45 Dover (from
Delaware )
Image 46 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 47 Picking Peaches in Delaware , an illustration in an 1878 issue of
Harper's Weekly (from
Delaware )
Image 49 The population density map for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 50 Joe Biden , the 46th president of the United States and a
U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from
Delaware )
Image 51 A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in
Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from
Delaware )
Entries here consist of Good articles , which meet a core set of high editorial standards. U.S. Route 40 US 40 ) is a US highway running from Silver Summit, Utah , east to Atlantic City, New Jersey . In the US state of Delaware , it serves as a major east–west highway in northern New Castle County , just south of Wilmington . It runs from the Maryland state line west of Glasgow east to the Delaware Memorial Bridge over the Delaware River to New Jersey , at which point it is concurrent with Interstate 295 (I-295). Along the way, US 40 passes through suburban areas in Glasgow and Bear before running concurrent with US 13 and I-295 around New Castle . US 40 is a multilane divided highway the entire length across Delaware, with the section concurrent with I-295 a freeway .
US 40 was originally built as a state highway during the 1920s, comprising Elkton Road and a part of the Dupont Highway. When first designated, the route followed these two roads from the Maryland state line to Wilmington, where it crossed the Delaware River on a ferry to
Penns Grove, New Jersey . In 1928, the route was rerouted at
Hares Corner to head east into New Castle and cross the river on a ferry to
Pennsville, New Jersey . The entire length of US 40 west of Hares Corner was widened to a divided highway during the 1930s. The Delaware Memorial Bridge opened in 1951, and US 40 was rerouted north along US 13 before heading east along the bridge approach, with
Delaware Route 273 (DE 273) extended east along the former route into New Castle. In 1959, the Delaware Memorial Bridge approach became a part of I-295. Between the 1960s and 1990s,
US 301 ran along the US 13/US 40 concurrency and
US 301N followed US 40 between Glasgow and State Road from the 1970s to the 1980s. (
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Largest cities or towns in Delaware 2018 United States Census Bureau Estimate
Rank
Name
County
Municipal 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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