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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Delaware:

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

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located on the Atlantic Coast of the

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. The state takes its name from

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr ( ; 9 July 1577 – 7 June 1618), was an English merchant and politician, for whom the bay, the river, and, consequently, a Native American people and U.S. state, all later called "Delaware", were named. He wa ...

, a British nobleman and

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

's first colonial governor, after whom (what is now called)

Cape Henlopen Cape Henlopen is the southern cape of the Delaware Bay along the Atlantic coast of the United States. It lies in the state of Delaware, near the town of Lewes, where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean. Off the coast on the bay side are t ...

was originally named. Delaware is the second smallest state (after

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...

). The history of the state's economic and industrial development is closely tied to the impact of the

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, founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, one of the world's largest chemical companies. Delaware was one of the 13 original states participating in the

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and on December 7, 1787, became the first to ratify the

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General reference

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State of Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

** Abbreviations and name codes *** Postal symbol: DE *** ISO 3166-2 code: US-DE ***

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Capital (due to the state's business-friendly laws) *** Diamond State (allusion to the

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StateIntroduction to Delaware
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's Pocket Handkerchief * Adjectival:

* Demonym: Delawarean

Geography of Delaware

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of the United States of America * Location: ** Northern hemisphere **

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* Population of Delaware: 897,934 (2010 U.S. Census) * Area of Delaware: * Atlas of Delaware

Places in Delaware

Places in Delaware * Historic places in Delaware **

National Historic Landmarks in Delaware This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Delaware. There are 14 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Delaware. NHLs They are distributed over the three counties of Delaware. Following is a complete list: See also *Na ...

** National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware *** Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware * National Natural Landmarks in Delaware * National parks in Delaware:

First State National Historical Park First State National Historical Park is a National Park Service unit which lies primarily in the state of Delaware but which extends partly into Pennsylvania in Chadds Ford. Initially created as First State National Monument by President Barack O ...

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List of areas in the United States National Park System The National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. The collection includes all national parks and most national monuments, as well as several other types of ...

.'' * State parks in Delaware

Environment of Delaware

* Climate of Delaware * Delaware State Wildlife Areas * Fishing in Delaware *

Geology of Delaware The geology of Delaware consists of two physiographic provinces located in the U.S. state of Delaware. They are the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the Piedmont. Coastal plain The coastal plain in Delaware is by far the largest province, encompassing ...

* Protected areas in Delaware ** State forests of Delaware *

Superfund sites in Delaware Superfund is a United States federal environmental remediation program established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agen ...

Natural geographic features of Delaware

Rivers of Delaware List of rivers in Delaware (U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by name. Major rivers and creeks (27) *Appoquinimink River *Blackbird Creek * Brandywine Creek * Broad Creek *Broadkill River *Choptank River *Christina River *Delaware River *H ...

Regions of Delaware

Administrative divisions of Delaware

* The three counties of the state of Delaware ** Municipalities in Delaware *** Cities in Delaware (comingled with other municipalities) ****

State capital Below is an index of pages containing lists of capital cities. National capitals *List of national capitals * List of national capitals by latitude *List of national capitals by population * List of national capitals by area * List of capital c ...

of Delaware: **** City nicknames in Delaware **** Sister cities in Delaware ***

Towns in Delaware A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

(comingled with other municipalities)

Demography of Delaware

Demographics of Delaware

Government and politics of Delaware

Politics of Delaware * Form of government: U.S. state government *

United States congressional delegations from Delaware Delaware became a U.S. state in 1787, which allowed it to send congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives beginning with the 1st United States Congress in 1789. Voters in each state elect two ...

Delaware State Capitol The Delaware Legislative Hall is the state capitol building of Delaware. Located in the state capital city of Dover on Legislative Avenue, it houses the chambers and offices of the Delaware General Assembly. It was designed in the Colonial Reviv ...

* Elections in Delaware * Political party strength in Delaware

Branches of the government of Delaware

Government of Delaware

Executive branch of the government of Delaware

Governor of Delaware A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Lieutenant Governor of Delaware The lieutenant governor of Delaware is the second ranking executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. Lieutenant governors are elected for a term of four years in the same general election as the U.S. president and take office the following ...

Secretary of State of Delaware The Secretary of State of Delaware is the head of the Department of State of the U.S. state of Delaware. The Department is in charge of a wide variety of public and governmental services, and is divided into the following divisions: *Delaware D ...

* State departments **

Delaware Department of Transportation The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) is an agency of the U.S. state of Delaware. The Secretary of Transportation is Nicole Majeski. The agency was established in 1917 and has its headquarters in Dover. The department's responsibil ...

Legislative branch of the government of Delaware

List of United States senators from Delaware Below is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Delaware. U.S. senators were originally elected by the Delaware General Assembly for designated six-year terms beginning March 4. Frequently portions of the term would remain on ...

* List of United States representatives from Delaware *

Delaware General Assembly The Delaware General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Delaware Senate with 21 senators and the Delaware House of Representatives with 41 representatives. It meets at Legisl ...

37th Delaware General Assembly The 37th Delaware General Assembly was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government, consisting of the Delaware Senate and the Delaware House of Representatives. Elections were held the first Tuesday of October and terms began on t ...

Delaware Senate The Delaware Senate is the upper house of the Delaware General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is composed of 21 Senators, each of whom is elected to a four-year term, except when reapportionment occurs, at wh ...

Delaware House of Representatives The Delaware State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Delaware General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is composed of 41 Representatives from an equal number of constituencies, each of whom is ...

* List of Delaware General Assembly sessions

Judicial branch of the government of Delaware

Courts of Delaware *

Supreme Court of Delaware The Delaware Supreme Court is the sole appellate court in the United States state of Delaware. Because Delaware is a popular haven for corporations, the Court has developed a worldwide reputation as a respected source of corporate law decisions, ...

Law and order in Delaware

* Cannabis in Delaware * Capital punishment in Delaware: yes. ''See Capital punishment in the United States.'' ** Individuals executed in Delaware *

Constitution of Delaware The Constitution of the State of Delaware of 1897 is the fourth and current governing document for Delaware state government and has been in effect since its adoption on June 4 of that year. Executive The Governor is the executive officer of the ...

* Crime in Delaware *

Gun laws in Delaware Gun laws in Delaware regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the U.S. state of Delaware. Summary table Purchasing a firearm There are no laws requiring any type of permit or license to purchase any type of firear ...

* Law enforcement in Delaware ** Law enforcement agencies in Delaware ***

Delaware State Police The Delaware State Police (DSP) is a division of the Delaware Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security and is responsible for traffic regulation and law enforcement across the state of Delaware, especially in areas underserved by local p ...

* Same-sex marriage in Delaware *

Delaware General Corporation Law The Delaware General Corporation Law (Title 8, Chapter 1 of the Delaware Code) is the statute of the Delaware Code that governs corporate law in the U.S. state of Delaware. Adopted in 1899, the statute has since seen Delaware become the most im ...

Military in Delaware

Delaware Air National Guard The Delaware Air National Guard (DE ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Delaware, United States of America. It is, along with the Delaware Army National Guard, an element of the Delaware National Guard. As state militia units, the units ...

Delaware Army National Guard The Delaware Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau. The Delaware Army Na ...

History of Delaware

History of Delaware, by period

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colony of Nieuw-Nederland, 1624–1652 *

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province of Nieuw-Nederland, 1652–1664 *

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, (1664–1681)-1688 *

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, 1681–1707 ** Lower Counties on the Delaware, 1704–1776 *

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, 1707–1776 ** Lower Counties on the Delaware, 1704–1776 **

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, 1754–1763 ***

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, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783 **

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, July 4, 1776 **

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, September 3, 1783 *

since 1776 ***Twelfth state to ratify the

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, signed February 22, 1779 **First State to ratify the

Constitution of the United States of America The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. Originally comprising seven articles, it delineates the nation ...

on December 7, 1787 **

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...

, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 ***

Delaware in the American Civil War The history of Delaware as a political entity dates back to the early colonization of North America by European American settlers. It is made up of three counties established since 1638, before the time of William Penn. Each county has had its own ...

*** Border state, 1861–1865 * Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware

History of Delaware, by region

Cities

* History of Dover

Counties

* History of Kent County * History of New Castle County * History of Sussex County

Culture of Delaware

Culture of Delaware *

Festivals in Delaware A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival con ...

* Museums in Delaware *

Religion in Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

** The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Delaware **

Episcopal Diocese of Delaware The Episcopal Church in Delaware, formerly known as the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, is one of 108 dioceses making up the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It consists of 33 congregations or parishes in an area the same as the St ...

Scouting in Delaware Scouting in Delaware has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live. Boy Scouts of America The Wilmington Council (#081) was formed in 1914. In 1931 tha ...

* State symbols of Delaware ** Flag of the State of Delaware ** Great Seal of the State of Delaware Seal of Delaware

The Arts in Delaware

* Music of Delaware

Sports in Delaware

Sports in Delaware * Professional sports teams in Delaware

Economy and infrastructure of Delaware

Economy of Delaware This article is intended to give an overview of the economy of Delaware. Affluence According to a 2013 study by Phoenix Marketing International, Delaware had the ninth-largest number of millionaires per capita in the United States, with a ratio ...

* Fishing in Delaware * Communications in Delaware ** Newspapers in Delaware ** Radio stations in Delaware ** Television stations in Delaware * Health care in Delaware **

Hospitals in Delaware A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...

* Transportation in Delaware **

Airports in Delaware This is a list of airports in Delaware (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that ...

** Delaware State Route System *** Numbered routes in Delaware ***

Delaware Byways The Delaware Byways (formerly Delaware Scenic and Historic Highways) system consists of roads in the U.S. state of Delaware that travel through areas of scenic and historic interest. The intent of this system is to promote tourism and raise awaren ...

Vehicle registration plates of Delaware The U.S. state of Delaware first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1909, when the state began to issue plates. , plates are issued by the Delaware De ...

Education in Delaware

Education in Delaware * Schools in Delaware ** School districts in Delaware *** High schools in Delaware ** Colleges and universities in Delaware ***

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It offers three associate's programs, 148 bachelor's programs, 121 ma ...

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Delaware State University Delaware State University (DSU or Del State) is a public historically black land-grant research university in Dover, Delaware. DSU also has two satellite campuses: one in Wilmington and one in Georgetown. The university encompasses four colle ...

References

External links

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Delaware Tourism homepageDelaware Map DataEnergy & Environmental Data for DelawareUSGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Delaware

2000 Census of Population and Housing for Delaware

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Delaware State Databases
- Annotated list of searchable databases produced by Delaware state agencies and compiled by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association. {{DEFAULTSORT:Delaware