Delaware: The First State

• 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)