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Delaware, DE - The First State
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Great Seal of the State of DelawareDelaware Seal

Adopted on January 17, 1777.

Delaware state seal was first adopted on January 17, 1777, and contains the coat of arms. It also bears the inscription around it "Great Seal of the State of Delaware" and the dates 1793, 1847, and 1907.

** - The Great Seal is provided here for educational purposes only. State law restricts reproduction of the Great Seal for other purposes.

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Henry Hudson, sailing under the Dutch flag, is credited with Delaware's discovery in 1609. The following year, Capt. Samuel Argall of Virginia named Delaware for his colony's governor, Thomas West, Baron De La Warr. An attempted Dutch settlement failed in 1631. Swedish colonization began at Fort Christina (now Wilmington) in 1638, but New Sweden fell to Dutch forces led by New Netherlands' governor Peter Stuyvesant in 1655.

England took over the area in 1664, and it was transferred to William Penn as the lower Three Counties in 1682. Semiautonomous after 1704, Delaware fought as a separate state in the American Revolution and became the first state to ratify the Constitution in 1787.

During the Civil War, although a slave state, Delaware did not secede from the Union.
Capital City: Dover

Delaware: State of Delaware Official Web Site

Admission to Statehood: Click for Date & List

Airports: Airports MapAirport Links

Amtrak: Northeast

Area: 2489 sq.mi, 49th   Land 1955 sq. mi., 49th   Water 535 sq.mi., 40th   Coastline 28 mi., 21st   Shoreline 381mi., 21st

Area Codes: Delaware

Biographies: Famous People from Delaware

Bird:  The Delaware state bird

Border States: Regional List •  Maryland •  New Jersey  •  Pennsylvania

Cam World: Live Web Cams

City Guides: Delaware

Climate: Delaware

Community Pages: Delaware Cities, Towns, communities List

Constitution: 1st State

County Profile: County Map   3 Counties

Courts: Judicial System

Current Events: Delaware News Headlines

Department Education | Certification | Delaware Colleges and Universities - An index of Delaware's Universities and Colleges.| Delaware State University - The former State College for Colored Students, now known as Delaware State University, was established May 15, 1891.| University of Delaware - Delaware's largest and oldest University, founded as a small private academy in 1743

Driving: DMV

Economy: Agriculture: Poultry, nursery stock, soybeans, dairy products, corn. Industry: Chemical products, food processing, paper products, rubber and plastic products, scientific instruments, printing and publishing.

Fast Facts & Trivia: USA States List

Flag: Delaware (DE)

Flower: Peach Blossom  Prunus persica

Genealogical Resources: Cyndi's List  • Historical Societies

Geographic Center: Kent, 11 miles south of Dover

Geology Maps: Delaware

Ghost Towns: Ghost Towns

Governor: Office of Governor

Highest Point: Ebright Azimuth; 442 feet, 49th

Highways: Delaware Highways

History:  History Timeline Historical  •  Civil War

Hotels, Motels & Inns: Delaware

Kids Corner: State of Delaware Kids Site

Largest City Guides: Wilmington •  Dover •  Newark •  Milford  • Seaford •  Middletown •  Elsmere •  Smyrna •  New Castle  • Georgetown

Library: Delaware 

License Plates: Delaware

Lighthouses: Fenwick Island

Lottery: Delaware

Lowest Point: Atlantic coast; Sea level, 3rd

Map: Map of the State of Delaware

Media: RadioTV

Motto: Liberty and Independence

Museums The Virtual Library

Name: Delaware named after an early Virginia governor, Lord De La Warr.

Newspapers: Delaware

Population: Quick facts   783,600; 45th, 12/00

Real Estate: Every Delaware City, Town & Community

Representatives: Delaware House: Members •  Delaware Senate: Members • US House:   110th Congress  • US Senate:   110th Congress

Road Side America: Delaware

School Directory: Delaware

Soil: Delaware - Greenwich

Song: Delaware  •  USA State Song List

Sports: Delaware Teams

State Quarters: Delaware

Symbols: Delaware Facts | Delaware Symbols and Emblems

Tourism: www.visitdelaware.net

Travel: Delaware Travel

Tree: American Holly   Ilex opaca  

Veteran Affairs: Delaware VA

Visitor Guides: Visit Delaware - Official site of the Delaware Tourism Office.| Delaware Visitor Info.
A Delaware directory.

Weather: Dover Air Force Base

White Pages: AnyWho.com  - Over 90 million people listings, businesses, emails, & reverse telephone listings.

Yellow Pages: Yellow Pages.com

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Delaware postage stamp with state bird and state flower - click for larger image