- Alternate Nickname: Diamond State
- Capital: Dover
- Major Cities:
- Wilmington
- New Castle
- Major Geographical Features
- Delaware River
- Delaware Bay
- Atlantic Ocean
- Delmarva Peninsula
- Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
- National Park: none
- 1631: The Dutch settle on Delaware
- 1638: New Sweden (later the colony of Delaware) is established
- 1682: Control of Delaware passes to William Penn
- 1787: Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the Constitution
- Motto: "Liberty and Independence"
- Name Meaning: Named for Lord De La Warr (Colonial governor of Virginia)
- Delaware does not have any farms
- Least amount of counties (3)
- Henry Hudson discovered the Delaware Bay
- Wilmington is the chemical capital of the world
- 2nd smallest state by area
- Lowest mean elevation in the United States (60 feet above sea level)
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