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Delaware ( DEL -ə-wair ) is a state 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 following are images from various Delaware-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 2 Rehoboth Beach , a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from
Delaware )
Image 3 Delaware's
license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from
Delaware )
Image 5 Map of Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 6 The Blackbird Pond on the
Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in
New Castle County, Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 7 Picking Peaches in Delaware , an illustration in an 1878 issue of
Harper's Weekly (from
Delaware )
Image 8 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 9 Map of Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 10 The Blackbird Pond on the
Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in
New Castle County, Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 11 Delaware's
license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from
Delaware )
Image 13 Newark (from
Delaware )
Image 14 Nautical chart of the
Dutch colony Zwaanendael and Godyn's Bay (
Delaware Bay ), 1639 (from
History of Delaware )
Image 15 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
Delaware )
Image 18 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 21 Joe Biden , the 46th president of the United States and a
U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from
Delaware )
Image 22 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 23 Newark (from
Delaware )
Image 24 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 25 Rehoboth Beach , a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from
Delaware )
Image 27 Dover (from
Delaware )
Image 28 The population density map for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 29 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 30 Seaford (from
Delaware )
Image 33 Joe Biden , the 46th president of the United States and a
U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from
Delaware )
Image 34 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 35 Seaford (from
Delaware )
Image 38 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
Delaware )
Image 41 Fort Delaware , painted circa 1870 by
Seth Eastman . (from
History of Delaware )
Image 43 A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in
Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from
Delaware )
Image 44 Picking Peaches in Delaware , an illustration in an 1878 issue of
Harper's Weekly (from
Delaware )
Image 46 The population density map for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 48 A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in
Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from
Delaware )
Image 50 Dover (from
Delaware )
Image 51 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 )
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Delaware Route 30 (DE 30 ) is a state highway in Sussex County , Delaware . The route runs from an intersection with DE 24 in Millsboro north to DE 1 Business (DE 1 Bus.) in Milford near the area of Lincoln and Cedar Creek . Along the way, DE 30 intersects U.S. Route 9 (US 9)/DE 404 in Gravel Hill , DE 16 west of Milton , and DE 1 at an interchange in Milford.
What is now DE 30 south of Gravel Hill was built as a state highway in various stages during the 1920s and 1930s. A short-lived DE 30 in the 1930s ran from
DE 20 in
Seaford north and east to
DE 404 northwest of
Bridgeville . The current DE 30 was first designated by 1938 to connect DE 24 in Millsboro to
DE 5 in Milton. The route was rerouted to end at
DE 14 (now DE 1) south of Milford by 1971. DE 30 was extended southwest from Millsboro to Bi-State Boulevard between
Laurel and
Delmar in 1994, heading south
concurrent with DE 24,
DE 26 , and
DE 54 between Millsboro and
Gumboro before turning to the west. The route's northern terminus was moved to DE 1 Bus. by way of a new road by 2003. An interchange with DE 1 was completed in 2014. DE 30 formerly had an
alternate route ,
DE 30 Alternate (DE 30 Alt.), that was created by 1999 to connect the route with
DE 1 by way of Johnson Road and was removed by 2017. In 2022, the southern terminus was cut back to its current location. (
Full article... )
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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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