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Delaware ( /ˈdɛləwɛər/ ^ⓘ 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...)

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The following is a list of tropical cyclones that affected the U.S. state of Delaware. Since reliable records began, no tropical cyclone has struck the state while maintaining hurricane intensity, and only two storms since 1851 caused hurricane-force winds in the state.

October 21, 1749 – A hurricane impacted the Mid-Atlantic, and impacts were observed in Delaware, but it's unclear at what strength the storm was when it impacted the state.
Fall, 1783 – Nine large ships crash near Cape Henlopen during a gale, killing several people.
September 2, 1785 – A hurricane causes 181 deaths in the state. Whether or not it made landfall is unknown.
September 3–5, 1815 – A tropical storm passes over extreme southeastern Delaware. Effects, if any, are unknown.
September 3, 1821 – The eye of the Norfolk and Long Island Hurricane moves directly over Cape Henlopen for 30 minutes.
August 17, 1830 – A hurricane that passes to the east of the state capsizes three ships along the Delaware capes. ( Full article...)

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The University of Delaware (colloquially known as UD or Delaware) is a privately governed, state-assisted land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD offers four associate's programs, 163 bachelor's programs, 136 master's programs, and 64 doctoral programs across its ten colleges and schools. The main campus is in Newark, with satellite campuses in Dover, Wilmington, Lewes, and Georgetown. With 24,221 students , UD is the largest university in Delaware by enrollment. It is a privately governed university which receives public funding for being a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant state-supported research institution.

UD is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". According to the National Science Foundation, UD spent $186 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 119th in the nation. It is recognized with the Community Engagement Classification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. ( Full article...)

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

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... that the only purpose of the Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller was to promote a political candidate?
... that The Breakwater Light was the first newspaper in the first town in the first state?
... that Delaware weekly newspaper The Faulkland Quiz was founded, edited and published by an 18-year-old?
... that Dave Frederick has been referred to as the " Sussex County humorist-teacher-writer-radio-host-philosopher dude"?
... that Paul Chadick performed so well in the Delaware River Basketball League that a sportswriter said it would "benefit the league if he retired"?
... 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.)

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Delaware Route 26 (DE 26) is a state highway in Sussex County, Delaware. The route's western terminus is at an intersection with Maryland Route 353 (MD 353) and DE/MD 54 at the Maryland border south of Gumboro and its eastern terminus is at a dead end on the Atlantic Ocean in Bethany Beach, even though signage ends at the DE 1 intersection. The route passes through rural areas of southeastern Sussex County along with the communities of Dagsboro, Millville, Ocean View and Bethany Beach. DE 26 intersects DE 54 in the Gumboro area, U.S. Route 113 (US 113) and DE 20 in Dagsboro, and DE 17 west of Millville. The road was built as a state highway in various stages during the 1920s and 1930s. By 1936, DE 26 was assigned onto its current alignment. ( 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

See List of municipalities in Delaware for a full list.

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