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Delaware
Area Info
Delaware is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions of the United States of America. Delaware is named for Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr. Population estimates by the Census Bureau for 2005 place the population of Delaware at 843,524, moving from the 45th most populous state at the 2000 Census to the 46th most populous. Despite this, it is the 7th most densely populated state with a population density of 320 more people per square mile than the national average, ranking ahead of states such as Florida, California, and Texas. Delaware was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and is known as the “First State”, officially referring to the fact that it was the first to ratify the United States Constitution. Even though the states were already known as such prior to the Constitution, the motto itself is still historically accurate, as Delaware was indeed the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation, the first legal document establishing the new American political entities as “states” (although the Declaration of Independence refers to them as “States”). Commemorating Delaware’s ratification, Constitution Park (one block from where Dover’s Golden Fleece Tavern once stood) features a four-foot cube upon which is inscribed the entire document as it has evolved.
Articles
News from The Delaware News Journal
In Arden, a fair packed with plenty of free spirit
Sep 5, 2010 7:07 am
For some, Saturday's Arden Fair was their annual taste of what life is like in Arden, Delaware's own little utopian community where arts, music and good vibes have been colliding ever since it was fou...
Middletown crab fest a new tradition
Sep 5, 2010 7:04 am
Food and fun are on the menu for one of Middletown's newest traditions.
Celebrants will lay summer to rest
Sep 5, 2010 5:09 am
More than 2,000 people are expected to flock to the boardwalk Monday, as they do every year on Labor Day, to parade behind a mannequin in a coffin.
DelDOT's Delaware traffic watch
Sep 5, 2010 1:14 am
DelDOT's list of projects that may affect traffic this week.
Sep 4, 2010 8:47 am
As executive director of the Milton Historical Society, Melinda Huff is presiding over a renaissance of remembering in this small riverfront town and the society is bursting to share it with visitors,...
Budget-conscious mom stays stylish without splurging
Sep 4, 2010 7:38 am
Bobbi Craine, 34, a Middletown mom who home-schools the three youngest of her four children.
Monarchs take flight after harsh winter
Sep 4, 2010 7:32 am
We suffered through a harsh winter this year, but monarch butterflies had it even worse.
10 things to do in Delaware this week
Sep 4, 2010 7:31 am
Next weekend is packed. The Polish Festival, the Mushroom Festival (above), the Wilmington Hispanic Festival, and the RETURN of the Brandywine Festival of the Arts. And that's just the start ...
Jessica Alba takes first Latina role
Sep 4, 2010 7:28 am
At first glance, Jessica Alba lives up to assumptions: beautiful, tall, glamorous and aloof, but within a few minutes, the sex symbol turns on the charm, shedding the ice-princess aura for something f...
Travel: For skiers, a toasty ride to the top
Sep 4, 2010 7:27 am
Utah's fastest-growing ski area is spending millions of dollars to reconfigure the mountain and add North America's first heated chair lift with a bubble shield that swings over passengers like a pair...
