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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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Portrait of Spaid from History of Hampshire County, West Virginia (1897)

Arthur Rusmiselle Miller Spaid (July 27, 1866 – March 16, 1936) was an American educator, school administrator, lecturer, and writer. He served as principal of Alexis I. duPont High School (1894–1903) in Wilmington, Delaware, superintendent of New Castle County Public Schools (1903–1913) in Delaware, superintendent of Dorchester County Public Schools (1913–1917) in Maryland, and Delaware State commissioner of Education (1917–1921).

Born in West Virginia, Spaid began his career in education as a schoolteacher in Virginia and as a school administrator in Ohio. After a decade as a principal Spaid became a superintendent; in this role he argued for compulsory education and the consolidation of New Castle County's rural public schools, instituted pay raises for teachers to mitigate a teacher shortage, and served on a committee to revise the state public school system's curriculum. (Full article...)

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Punkin chunkin or pumpkin chucking is the sport of hurling a pumpkin by mechanical means for distance. The devices used include slingshots, catapults, centrifugals, trebuchets, and pneumatic (air) cannons.

Punkin chunkin competitions, formal and informal, exist throughout the United States in the autumn, particularly in early November as a means to dispose of surplus pumpkins from Halloween. World Championship Punkin Chunkin, held annually in November in Delaware by the World Championship Punkin Chunkin Association (WCPCA), was the first and largest annual competition. The event ran annually from 1985 to 2013; a myriad of legal and logistical problems caused multiple events to be cancelled after that, and subsequent championships have been more sporadic. A European Championship has been held in Bikschote, Belgium, each year since 2004. (Full article...)

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Image 1Rehoboth Beach, a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from Delaware)
Image 2Newark (from Delaware)
Image 3NASCAR racing at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover (from Delaware)
Image 4Map of Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 5Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is a partial toll road linking Fenwick Island and Wilmington. (from Delaware)
Image 6Largest Non-Hispanic Native American ancestry by county and numbers of people reporting "Native American Alone" (from Delaware)
Image 7The University of Delaware in Newark (from Delaware)
Image 8A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from Delaware)
Image 9The population density map for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 10Wilmington Station in Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 11The University of Delaware in Newark (from Delaware)
Image 12Newark (from Delaware)
Image 13The Delaware General Assembly meets in Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover. (from Delaware)
Image 14Picking Peaches in Delaware, an illustration in an 1878 issue of Harper's Weekly (from Delaware)
Image 15The Cape May–Lewes Ferry (from Delaware)
Image 16Dover (from Delaware)
Image 17Delaware 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 18Seaford (from Delaware)
Image 19The Twelve-Mile Circle (from Delaware)
Image 20Rehoboth Beach, a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from Delaware)
Image 21Sunset in Woodbrook, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 22The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 23The Blackbird Pond on the Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in New Castle County, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 24The Cape May–Lewes Ferry (from Delaware)
Image 25Largest Non-Hispanic Native American ancestry by county and numbers of people reporting "Native American Alone" (from Delaware)
Image 26Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States and a U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from Delaware)
Image 27NASCAR racing at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover (from Delaware)
Image 28Ethnic origins in Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 29Dover (from Delaware)
Image 30Fort 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 31A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from Delaware)
Image 32Fort 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 33The Twelve-Mile Circle (from Delaware)
Image 34Sunset in Woodbrook, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 35The population density map for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 36Delaware's license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from Delaware)
Image 37Seaford (from Delaware)
Image 38The Delaware General Assembly meets in Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover. (from Delaware)
Image 39Nautical chart of the Dutch colony Zwaanendael and Godyn's Bay (Delaware Bay), 1639 (from History of Delaware)
Image 40Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 41A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from Delaware)
Image 42Delaware's license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from Delaware)
Image 43Picking Peaches in Delaware, an illustration in an 1878 issue of Harper's Weekly (from Delaware)
Image 44Napoleon B. Knight of the 1st Delaware Cavalry, Westminster, Maryland, 1863. (from History of Delaware)
Image 45Ethnic origins in Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 46The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 47The Blackbird Pond on the Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in New Castle County, Delaware (from Delaware)
Image 48Wilmington Station in Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 49A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from Delaware)
Image 50Wilmington (from Delaware)
Image 51Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States and a U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from Delaware)
Image 52Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is a partial toll road linking Fenwick Island and Wilmington. (from Delaware)
Image 53Map of Delaware (from Delaware)

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... that the 2024 inductees to the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame include a man with Down syndrome who has lifted 425 pounds (193 kg), an "average gymnast" turned Olympics judge, a "preeminent sportswriter", the state's "greatest high hurdler", the "inventor" of the modern sports mascot, a record-setting 10-year-old, a champion gymnast, an Olympic field hockey player, and a pro baseball player in five countries?
... that Gary Tuggle, as head of Philadelphia's Drug Enforcement Administration division, led potentially the largest prepackaged heroin seizure in Delaware history?
... that Joe Biden has cited Wilmington, Delaware, and Syracuse, New York, as possible locations for the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Presidential Library?
... that Laura LeRoy Travis was the first woman at the University of Delaware to coach a men's sports team?
... 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 a candidate in the 1968 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware took his dog on the campaign trail?

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Delaware Route 5 (DE 5) is a 19.49-mile-long (31.37 km) state highway in Sussex County, Delaware. The route runs from River Road and Oak Orchard Avenue on the Indian River Bay in Oak Orchard north to an intersection with DE 1 north of Milton. Along the way, DE 5 passes through rural areas along with the communities of Long Neck, Harbeson, and Milton. The route has concurrencies with DE 23 and DE 24 in the Long Neck area and crosses U.S. Route 9 (US 9)/DE 404 in Harbeson and DE 16 in Milton. DE 5 features one alternate route, DE 5 Alternate (DE 5 Alt.), which provides a bypass of Milton. DE 5 was built as a state highway in the 1920s and 1930s. The road between Long Neck and north of Milton, including present-day DE 5 north of DE 24, was designated as part of a short-lived DE 22 in the 1930s. DE 5 was designated to its current alignment by 1938. DE 5 Alt. was designated by 2001. (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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