Saturday, January 10, 2015

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)
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