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The Flag of Delaware Delaware DEL -ə-wairstate 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...
Entries here consist of Good and Featured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards. John Joseph Tosi Sr. 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. (
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The Delaware Colony 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. (
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The following are images from various Delaware-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 2 Seaford (from
Delaware )
Image 3 Dover (from
Delaware )
Image 5 Map of Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 6 Map of Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 8 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 9 Delaware 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 10 Delaware's
license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from
Delaware )
Image 11 A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in
Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from
Delaware )
Image 13 The population density map for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 14 Joe Biden , the 46th president of the United States and a
U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from
Delaware )
Image 15 Seaford (from
Delaware )
Image 17 Picking Peaches in Delaware , an illustration in an 1878 issue of
Harper's Weekly (from
Delaware )
Image 18 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
Delaware )
Image 20 Ethnic origins in Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 21 Newark (from
Delaware )
Image 22 Rehoboth Beach , a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from
Delaware )
Image 24 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 25 The Blackbird Pond on the
Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in
New Castle County, Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 26 Fort Delaware , painted circa 1870 by
Seth Eastman . (from
History of Delaware )
Image 28 Joe Biden , the 46th president of the United States and a
U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009 (from
Delaware )
Image 30 A field north of Fox Den Road along the Lenape Trail in
Middle Run Valley Natural Area (from
Delaware )
Image 31 The Blackbird Pond on the
Blackbird State Forest Meadows Tract in
New Castle County, Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 32 Dover (from
Delaware )
Image 34 The population density map for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 35 The Köppen climate classification for Delaware (from
Delaware )
Image 37 Nautical chart of the
Dutch colony Zwaanendael and Godyn's Bay (
Delaware Bay ), 1639 (from
History of Delaware )
Image 43 Delaware's
license plate design, introduced in 1959, is the longest-running one in U.S. history. (from
Delaware )
Image 47 Rehoboth Beach , a popular vacation spot during the summer months (from
Delaware )
Image 48 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 49 Picking Peaches in Delaware , an illustration in an 1878 issue of
Harper's Weekly (from
Delaware )
Image 50 A two-shilling, six-pence banknote issued by Delaware in 1777 (from
Delaware )
Image 51 Newark (from
Delaware )
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Entries here consist of Good articles , which meet a core set of high editorial standards. Delaware Route 15 DE 15 ) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Delaware . The route runs from DE 14 west of Milford in Kent County north to DE 71 /DE 896 in Summit Bridge , New Castle County , just south of the Summit Bridge over the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal . DE 15 winds a path through many rural sections of Delaware, turning along many different roads. Most of the route, with the exception of the southern part of the route from Milford to Canterbury , runs to the west of U.S. Route 13 (US 13). DE 15 serves several cities and towns, including Wyoming , Dover , Clayton , and Middletown . The route intersects DE 12 near Felton , US 13 in Canterbury, DE 10 near Camden , DE 8 in Dover, DE 42 in Seven Hickories , DE 300 and DE 6 in the Clayton area, DE 299 in Middletown, and DE 286 near Summit Bridge.
What is now DE 15 was paved in several stages from the 1930s to the 1960s. By the 1980s, the route was designated between DE 14 in Milford and US 13 in Canterbury. By 1990, it was extended north to
US 301 /DE 299 near Middletown and then to US 301/DE 71/DE 896 near the Summit Bridge by 1994. (
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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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