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 6th 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. (Full article...
The Delaware Valley Greater Philadelphia or the Philadelphia metropolitan area , is a metropolitan region in the Northeast United States that centers around Philadelphia , the nation's sixth-most populous city , and spans parts of four U.S. states : southeastern Pennsylvania , southern New Jersey , northern Delaware , and the northern Eastern Shore of Maryland . With a core metropolitan statistical area population of 6.288 million residents and a combined statistical area population of 7.366 million as of the 2020 census, the Delaware Valley is the eighth-largest metropolitan region in the nation and North America , and the 68th-largest metropolitan region in the world.
In addition to Philadelphia, other major urban population centers in the Delaware Valley include
Reading ,
Upper Darby Township , and
Chester in Pennsylvania;
Atlantic City ,
Camden ,
Vineland , and
Cherry Hill in
South Jersey ; and
Wilmington and
Dover in Delaware. The Philadelphia metropolitan area's
gross domestic product (GDP) exceeds $518 billion, making it the
tenth-largest metropolitan economy in the nation as of 2022. (
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The following are images from various Delaware-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 4 A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in
Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from
Delaware )
Image 5 Joe Biden , the 46th president of the United States and a
U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from
Delaware )
Image 6 Newark (from
Delaware )
Image 9 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
Delaware )
Image 10 The population density map for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 11 Seaford (from
Delaware )
Image 13 Newark (from
Delaware )
Image 15 Picking Peaches in Delaware , an illustration in an 1878 issue of
Harper's Weekly (from
Delaware )
Image 19 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
Delaware )
Image 20 The Blackbird Pond on the
Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in
New Castle County, Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 21 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 23 A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in
Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from
Delaware )
Image 24 The population density map for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 25 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 27 Joe Biden , the 46th president of the United States and a
U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from
Delaware )
Image 29 Dover (from
Delaware )
Image 30 Delaware's
license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from
Delaware )
Image 31 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 32 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 33 Delaware's
license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from
Delaware )
Image 34 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 35 Map of Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 36 Seaford (from
Delaware )
Image 38 Nautical chart of the
Dutch colony Zwaanendael and Godyn's Bay (
Delaware Bay ), 1639 (from
History of Delaware )
Image 39 Map of Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 41 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 43 The Blackbird Pond on the
Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in
New Castle County, Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 44 Dover (from
Delaware )
Image 45 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 46 Rehoboth Beach , a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from
Delaware )
Image 47 Picking Peaches in Delaware , an illustration in an 1878 issue of
Harper's Weekly (from
Delaware )
Image 49 Rehoboth Beach , a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from
Delaware )
Image 50 Fort Delaware , painted circa 1870 by
Seth Eastman . (from
History of Delaware )
Entries here consist of Good articles , which meet a core set of high editorial standards. U.S. Route 9 US 9 ) is a United States Numbered Highway in the Northeastern U.S. , running from Laurel, Delaware , north to Champlain, New York . In Delaware , the route runs a southwest–northeast path through Sussex County . Even though US 9 is signed north–south for the remainder of its route, the segment in Delaware is signed east–west. The highway runs from its western terminus at US 13 in Laurel northeast to the Cape May–Lewes Ferry terminal in Lewes , where the ferry carries the route across the Delaware Bay to North Cape May, New Jersey . US 9 passes through rural areas and serves the communities of Laurel, Georgetown , and Lewes. US 9 intersects Delaware Route 20 (DE 20) in Hardscrabble, US 113 and DE 18 /DE 404 in Georgetown, DE 30 in Gravel Hill , DE 5 in Harbeson , and DE 1 at the Five Points intersection in Nassau . US 9 runs concurrent with DE 404 between Georgetown and Five Points and with DE 1 between Five Points and Carpenters Corner .
What is now US 9 in Delaware was originally built as a state highway during the 1920s and designated by 1936 as
Delaware Route 28 (
DE 28 ) between Laurel and Georgetown and a part of DE 18 between Georgetown and Lewes. US 9 was extended to Delaware from New Jersey by way of the Cape May–Lewes Ferry in 1974, replacing all of DE 28 and the portion of DE 18 between Georgetown and Five Points, with the route aligned to bypass Lewes. DE 404 was designated concurrent with the portion of US 9 between Georgetown and Five Points by 1987. (
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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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