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Delaware (/ˈdɛləwɛər/ ^ⓘ DEL-ə-wair) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic regions 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 second-smallest and sixth-least populous state, but also the sixth-most densely populated. Delaware's most populous city is Wilmington, and the state's capital is Dover, the second-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, have historically been predominantly agrarian economies. New Castle is more urbanized and is considered part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. 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, Northeastern, and Southern regions of the country.

Before the Delaware coastline was explored and developed by Europeans in the 17th century, the state was inhabited by several Native American 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 against Great Britain, which established the United States as an 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...)

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The U.S. state of Delaware is divided into three counties, the fewest of any state in the United States: New Castle, Kent and Sussex. The origin of the county boundaries goes back to their former court districts. (Full article...)

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Breweries in Delaware produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.

In 2012 Delaware's 10 breweries and brewpubs employed 200 people directly, and 2,600 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Delaware's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Delaware's breweries and related industries was more than $66 million. Consumer purchases of Delaware's brewery products generated another $16 million in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Delaware ranked 14th in the number of craft breweries per capita, with 10. (Full article...)

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Image 1The Delaware General Assembly meets in Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover. (from Delaware)
Image 2The population density map for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 3A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from Delaware)
Image 4Fort 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 5Fort Delaware, painted circa 1870 by Seth Eastman. (from History of Delaware)
Image 6Map of Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 7Delaware's license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from Delaware)
Image 8Rehoboth Beach, a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from Delaware)
Image 9Dover (from Delaware)
Image 10Ethnic origins in Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 11Picking Peaches in Delaware, an illustration in an 1878 issue of Harper's Weekly (from Delaware)
Image 12The Blackbird Pond on the Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in New Castle County, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 13Newark (from Delaware)
Image 14Seaford (from Delaware)
Image 15Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States and a U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from Delaware)
Image 16Picking Peaches in Delaware, an illustration in an 1878 issue of Harper's Weekly (from Delaware)
Image 17The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 18Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 19Rehoboth Beach, a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from Delaware)
Image 20The Twelve-Mile Circle (from Delaware)
Image 21The Delaware General Assembly meets in Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover. (from Delaware)
Image 22A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from Delaware)
Image 23NASCAR racing at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover (from Delaware)
Image 24Fort 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 25The Twelve-Mile Circle (from Delaware)
Image 26The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 27Newark (from Delaware)
Image 28Sunset in Woodbrook, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 29The Cape May–Lewes Ferry (from Delaware)
Image 30Dover (from Delaware)
Image 31Wilmington Station in Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 32The population density map for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 33Map of Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 34The University of Delaware in Newark (from Delaware)
Image 35NASCAR racing at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover (from Delaware)
Image 36Nautical chart of the Dutch colony Zwaanendael and Godyn's Bay (Delaware Bay), 1639 (from History of Delaware)
Image 37A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from Delaware)
Image 38Wilmington Station in Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 39The Blackbird Pond on the Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in New Castle County, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 40Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is a partial toll road linking Fenwick Island and Wilmington. (from Delaware)
Image 41Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 42Delaware 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 43Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States and a U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from Delaware)
Image 44A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from Delaware)
Image 45The University of Delaware in Newark (from Delaware)
Image 46Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is a partial toll road linking Fenwick Island and Wilmington. (from Delaware)
Image 47Delaware's license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from Delaware)
Image 48Seaford (from Delaware)
Image 49The Cape May–Lewes Ferry (from Delaware)
Image 50Sunset in Woodbrook, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 51Ethnic origins in Delaware (from Delaware)

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... that the majority of candidates in the 2024 Delaware elections ran unopposed?
... that Joe Biden has cited Wilmington, Delaware, and Syracuse, New York, as possible locations for the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Presidential Library?
... that a Delaware TV station that had once hoped to present the "best of television" was forced to switch to home shopping after less than five months on the air?
... that Gary Tuggle, as head of Philadelphia's Drug Enforcement Administration division, led potentially the largest prepackaged heroin seizure in Delaware history?
... that a candidate in the 1968 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware took his dog on the campaign trail?
... that United States senator Joe Biden felt that his decision to run for a fourth term in 1990 was less difficult than deciding to run for his previous terms?

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Delaware Route 10 (DE 10) is a state highway in Kent County, Delaware. It runs from Maryland Route 287 (MD 287) at the Maryland border in Sandtown east to an interchange with the DE 1 freeway at the North Gate of Dover Air Force Base in the southeastern part of the city of Dover. The route passes through the towns of Camden and Wyoming along the way. From the Maryland border to Camden, it is a two-lane undivided road that passes through rural areas. DE 10 is a four-lane divided highway called Lebanon Road between U.S. Route 13 (US 13) in Camden and DE 1. DE 10 has one alternate route, DE 10 Alternate (DE 10 Alt.), which runs between Willow Grove and Highland Acres along an alignment further to the south, passing through Woodside and Rising Sun.

What is now DE 10 between the Maryland border and Camden was constructed as a state highway in stages in the 1920s and early 1930s. The route was first designated by 1936 to follow its current alignment between the Maryland border and Camden and current Rising Sun Road to US 113 Alt. in Rising Sun. By 1969, DE 10 was rerouted to follow Lebanon Road, a road completed by 1966, to US 113 (now DE 1) at Dover Air Force Base. Lebanon Road was improved into a divided highway by 1981. (Full article...)

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Largest cities

Largest cities or towns in Delaware 2018 United States Census Bureau Estimate
Rank	Name	County	Pop.
1	Wilmington	New Castle	70,635
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

See List of municipalities in Delaware for a full list.

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