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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 sixth 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.

Before Delaware coastline was explored and developed by Europeans in the 16th century, the state was inhabited by several Native Americans 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 and American Revolutionary War, in which the American Continental Army, led by George Washington, defeated the British, ended British colonization and established the United States as a sovereign and 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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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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The Delaware Colony, officially known as the three "Lower Counties on the Delaware", was a semiautonomous region of the proprietary Province of Pennsylvania and a de facto British colony in North America. Although not royally sanctioned, Delaware consisted of the three counties on the west bank of the Delaware River Bay.

In the early 17th century, the area was inhabited by Lenape and possibly Assateague Native American Indian tribes. The first European settlers were Swedes, who established the colony of New Sweden at Fort Christina in present-day Wilmington, Delaware, in 1638. The Dutch captured the colony in 1655 and annexed it to New Netherland to the north. Great Britain subsequently took control of it from the Dutch in 1664. In 1682, William Penn, the Quaker proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania to the north leased the three lower counties on the Delaware River from James, the Duke of York, who went on to become King James II. (Full article...)

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

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... that Delaware weekly newspaper The Faulkland Quiz was founded, edited and published by an 18-year-old?
... 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.)
... that Dave Frederick has been referred to as the "Sussex County humorist-teacher-writer-radio-host-philosopher dude"?
... 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?

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Delaware Route 41 (DE 41) is a highway in northwestern New Castle County, Delaware. Its southern terminus is at DE 2 and DE 62 in Prices Corner. From DE 2, the road passes through suburban areas along Newport Gap Pike, intersecting DE 48 in Hockessin and becoming Lancaster Pike. Its northern terminus is the Pennsylvania state line just north of Hockessin, and the road continues on as Pennsylvania Route 41 (PA 41) to Gap.

DE 41 was originally chartered as the Gap and Newport Turnpike in the 19th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, this road was upgraded to a state highway. DE 41 was designated by 1936 to run from U.S. Route 40 (US 40, now DE 9/DE 273) in New Castle north to the Pennsylvania border in Hockessin. In the 1950s, DE 141 became concurrent with the route from New Castle to north of Newport. DE 41 was removed from the DE 141 concurrency in the 1970s and was realigned to follow DE 2 east to an interchange with DE 141 in the 1980s, with the old alignment south of DE 2 becoming part of DE 62. In 2015, the southern terminus was cut back to its current location, removing the concurrency with DE 2. (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

See List of municipalities in Delaware for a full list.

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