The flag of Delaware

The seal of Delaware

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Delaware:

Delaware – U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom (what is now called) Cape Henlopen was originally named.^[1] Delaware is the second smallest state (after Rhode Island). The history of the state's economic and industrial development is closely tied to the impact of the Du Pont family, founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, one of the world's largest chemical companies. Delaware was one of the 13 original states participating in the American Revolution and on December 7, 1787, became the first to ratify the Constitution of the United States.

General reference

• Names
  • Common name: Delaware
    • Pronunciation: /ˈdɛləwɛər/ ^ⓘ DEL-ə-wair^[2]
  • Official name: State of Delaware
  • Abbreviations and name codes
    • Postal symbol: DE
    • ISO 3166-2 code: US-DE
    • Internet second-level domain: .de.us
  • Nicknames
    • Chemical Capital^[3]
    • Corporate Capital (due to the state's business-friendly laws)^[3]
    • Diamond State (allusion to the state flag)^[3]
    • Blue Hen State or Blue Hen Chicken State^[4]
    • The First State^[3][5] (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution; currently used on license plates)
    • Home of Tax Free Shopping^[3]
    • New Sweden^[3]
    • Peach State^[3]
    • Small Wonder^[3]
    • Uncle Sam's Pocket Handkerchief^[3]
• Adjectival: Delaware
• Demonym: Delawarean

Geography of Delaware

Geography of Delaware

• Delaware is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Western Hemisphere
    • Americas
      • North America
        • Anglo America
        • Northern America
          • United States of America
            • Contiguous United States
              • Eastern United States
                • East Coast of the United States
                  • Northeast megalopolis
                • Mid-Atlantic states^[6]
                • South Atlantic States
• Population of Delaware: 897,934 (2010 U.S. Census^[7])
• Area of Delaware:
• Atlas of Delaware

Regions of Delaware

Administrative divisions of Delaware

• The three counties of the state of Delaware
  • Municipalities in Delaware
    • Cities in Delaware (comingled with other municipalities)
      • State capital of Delaware:
      • City nicknames in Delaware
      • Sister cities in Delaware
    • Towns in Delaware (comingled with other municipalities)

Government and politics of Delaware

Politics of Delaware

• Form of government: U.S. state government
• Delaware's congressional delegations
• Delaware State Capitol
• Elections in Delaware
• Political party strength in Delaware

History of Delaware

History of Delaware

History of Delaware, by period

• Indigenous peoples
• Netherlands colony of Nieuw-Nederland, 1624–1652
• Swedish colony of Nya Sverige, 1638–1655
• Netherlands province of Nieuw-Nederland, 1652–1664
• English Province of New-York, (1664–1681)-1688
• English Colony of Pennsylvania, 1681–1707
  • Lower Counties on the Delaware, 1704–1776
• British Colony of Pennsylvania, 1707–1776
  • Lower Counties on the Delaware, 1704–1776
  • French and Indian War, 1754–1763
    • Treaty of Paris of 1763
• American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
  • United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
  • Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
• State of Delaware since 1776
  • • Twelfth state to ratify the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, signed February 22, 1779
  • First State to ratify the Constitution of the United States of America on December 7, 1787
  • American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
    • Delaware in the American Civil War
    • Border state, 1861–1865
• Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware

Culture of Delaware

Culture of Delaware

• Festivals in Delaware
• Museums in Delaware
• Religion in Delaware
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Delaware
  • Episcopal Diocese of Delaware
• Scouting in Delaware
• State symbols of Delaware
  • Flag of the State of Delaware
  • Great Seal of the State of Delaware

Economy and infrastructure of Delaware

Economy of Delaware

• Fishing in Delaware
• Communications in Delaware
  • Newspapers in Delaware
  • Radio stations in Delaware
  • Television stations in Delaware
• Health care in Delaware
  • Hospitals in Delaware
• Transportation in Delaware
  • Airports in Delaware
  • Delaware State Route System
    • Numbered routes in Delaware
    • Delaware Byways
  • Vehicle registration plates of Delaware

Education in Delaware

Education in Delaware

• Schools in Delaware
  • School districts in Delaware
    • High schools in Delaware
  • Colleges and universities in Delaware
    • University of Delaware
    • Delaware State University

See also

• Topic overview:
  • Delaware
  • Index of Delaware-related articles
• All pages with titles beginning with Delaware
• All pages with titles containing Delaware

References

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Delaware

• State of Delaware official website
• Delaware travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Delaware Tourism homepage
• Delaware Map Data
• Energy & Environmental Data for Delaware
• USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Delaware
• U.S. Census Bureau
• Delaware State Facts
• 2000 Census of Population and Housing for Delaware, U.S. Census Bureau
• Delaware at Ballotpedia
• Delaware State Databases - Annotated list of searchable databases produced by Delaware state agencies and compiled by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.