Portal:Delaware

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Delaware (/ˈdɛləwɛər/ (listen) DEL-ə-wair) 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 Delaware Bay, in turn named after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and Virginia's first colonial 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 largest city is Wilmington, while the state capital is Dover, the second-largest city in the state. The state is divided into three counties, having the lowest number of counties of any state; from north to south, they are New Castle County, Kent County, and Sussex County. While the southern two counties have historically been predominantly agricultural, New Castle is more urbanized, being part of the Delaware Valley Metropolitan Statistical Area centered on Philadelphia. Although included in the Southern United States by the Census Bureau, Delaware's geography, culture, and history combine elements of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the country.

Before its coastline was explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Delaware was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans, including the Lenape in the north and Nanticoke in the south. It was initially colonized by Dutch traders at Zwaanendael, near the present town of Lewes, in 1631. Delaware was one of the Thirteen Colonies that took part in the American Revolution. On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, and has since been known as The First State. Since the turn of the 20th century, Delaware is also a de facto onshore corporate haven, in which by virtue of its corporate laws, the state is the domicile of over half of all New York Stock Exchange-listed business and over three-fifths of the Fortune 500. (Full article...)

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John Joseph Tosi Sr. (December 3, 1913 – November 24, 2002) was an American football offensive lineman who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and several for different minor leagues.

Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Tosi attended Salesianum School, playing football there on Saturdays and for the minor league Eleventh Ward Whitejackets on Sundays. He accepted a scholarship offer from Fordham following his high school career. Tosi played one season at Fordham, before being brought by a coach to Niagara University. After three seasons there, he was selected in the 15th round of the 1939 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played two games as a Pirate before being traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers. He started one game in Brooklyn before being released; he spent the following four seasons in minor leagues, retiring in 1943. He unretired in 1944 and joined the Philadelphia Eagles, appearing in one game. He retired again in 1945, made a return in 1946, and then retired a final time. (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 1Picking Peaches in Delaware from an 1878 issue of Harper's Weekly (from Delaware)
Image 2NASCAR racing at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover (from Delaware)
Image 3Delaware 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 4The Delaware General Assembly meets in the Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover. (from Delaware)
Image 5The Delaware General Assembly meets in the Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover. (from Delaware)
Image 6Delaware Köppen climate classification is humid subtropical. (from Delaware)
Image 7Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is a partial toll road linking Fenwick Island and Wilmington. (from Delaware)
Image 8The Twelve-Mile Circle (from Delaware)
Image 9Delaware's license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from Delaware)
Image 10Seaford (from Delaware)
Image 11Dover (from Delaware)
Image 12Rehoboth Beach is a popular vacation spot during the summer months. (from Delaware)
Image 13Cape May–Lewes Ferry (from Delaware)
Image 14A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from Delaware)
Image 15Map of Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 16Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States and a U.S. senator for Delaware from 1973 to 2009. (from Delaware)
Image 17Seaford (from Delaware)
Image 18Delaware's license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from Delaware)
Image 19Fort Delaware, painted circa 1870 by Seth Eastman. (from History of Delaware)
Image 20Delaware population density map (from Delaware)
Image 21Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 22Dover (from Delaware)
Image 23Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States and a U.S. senator for Delaware from 1973 to 2009. (from Delaware)
Image 24Fort Delaware State Park on Pea Patch Island is a popular spot during the spring and summer. A ferry takes visitors to the fort from nearby Delaware City. (from Delaware)
Image 25Delaware population density map (from Delaware)
Image 26A field north of Fox Den Road, along the Lenape Trail in Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from Delaware)
Image 27Wilmington Station (from Delaware)
Image 28Newark (from Delaware)
Image 29Newark (from Delaware)
Image 30University of Delaware in Newark (from Delaware)
Image 31The Blackbird Pond on the Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in New Castle County, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 32Wilmington Station (from Delaware)
Image 33NASCAR racing at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover (from Delaware)
Image 34Nautical chart of the Dutch colony Zwaanendael and Godyn's Bay (Delaware Bay), 1639 (from History of Delaware)
Image 35Rehoboth Beach is a popular vacation spot during the summer months. (from Delaware)
Image 36Sunset in Woodbrook, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 37Map of Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 38The Blackbird Pond on the Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in New Castle County, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 39Sunset in Woodbrook, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 40Picking Peaches in Delaware from an 1878 issue of Harper's Weekly (from Delaware)
Image 41Fort Delaware State Park on Pea Patch Island is a popular spot during the spring and summer. A ferry takes visitors to the fort from nearby Delaware City. (from Delaware)
Image 42Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 43Delaware Köppen climate classification is humid subtropical. (from Delaware)
Image 44The Twelve-Mile Circle (from Delaware)
Image 45A field north of Fox Den Road, along the Lenape Trail in Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from Delaware)
Image 46University of Delaware in Newark (from Delaware)
Image 47Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is a partial toll road linking Fenwick Island and Wilmington. (from Delaware)
Image 48A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from Delaware)
Image 49Cape May–Lewes Ferry (from Delaware)

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... that the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western once stockpiled 15,000 train cars of coal at Gravel Place, Pennsylvania, to be able to operate through a miners' strike?
... that Delaware politician Armwell Long was said to have once outranked his close friend, George Washington? (See discussions regarding this hook at Talk:Armwell Long.)
... that Delaware weekly newspaper The Faulkland Quiz was founded, edited and published by an 18-year-old?
... that The Breakwater Light was the first newspaper in the first town in the first state?
... that radio station WDOV missed its own sign-on date because a boiler failure cut power to the entire city of Dover, Delaware?
... that Dave Frederick has been referred to as the "Sussex County humorist-teacher-writer-radio-host-philosopher dude"?

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U.S. Route 202 (US 202) is a US Highway running from New Castle, Delaware, northeast to Bangor, Maine. The southernmost section of the route in the U.S. state of Delaware passes through northern New Castle County. It runs from its southern terminus at an interchange with US 13/US 40 near the Wilmington Airport north to the Pennsylvania state line in Brandywine Hundred. The route passes east of the airport concurrent with Delaware Route 141 (DE 141) before coming to an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95). At this point, US 202 heads northeast along with I-95 through Wilmington. Just north of Wilmington, US 202 splits from I-95 by running north on Concord Pike through the suburban Brandywine Hundred area to the Pennsylvania state line. US 202 is a multilane divided highway the entire length across Delaware, with the section concurrent with I-95 a freeway.

The Concord Pike was originally chartered as the Wilmington and Great Valley Turnpike in 1811, a turnpike that was to connect Wilmington to Great Valley, Pennsylvania. The Concord Pike between US 13 in Wilmington and the Pennsylvania state line became a part of US 122 in 1926. In 1934, US 122 was renumbered to US 202 and the road was realigned to head southwest and end at US 13 and US 40 in State Road. In the 1950s, the Concord Pike north of Wilmington was widened into a divided highway. By 1954, US 202 was realigned to follow US 13 northbound and Washington Street southbound through downtown Wilmington. The southern terminus was cut back to I-295 in Farnhurst in 1964. In 1970, the south end of US 202 was truncated to the I-95 interchange north of Wilmington. DE 202 was designated along Concord Avenue in 1981. US 202 was extended south to its current terminus in 1984. (Full article...)

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Largest cities

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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