It sits in Dover, the state capital. The Democratic Party holds a plurality of registrations in Delaware. Significantly, Belton was the only case in which the state court found for the plaintiffs, thereby ruling that segregation is unconstitutional. December 7, 1787. They quickly set up a trade in beaver furs with the Native Americans, who within a short time raided and destroyed the settlement after a disagreement between the two groups. Delaware was the origin of Belton v. Gebhart (1952), one of the four cases which were combined into Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court of the United States decision that led to the end of officially segregated public schools. Delaware's single U.S. Representative is Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democrat). Several ships have been named USS Delaware in honor of this state. The state is divided into three counties, having the lowest number of any state; from north to south, they are New Castle County, Kent County, and Sussex County. The Atlantic Seaboard fall line approximately follows the Robert Kirkwood Highway between Newark and Wilmington; south of this road is the Atlantic Coastal Plain with flat, sandy, and, in some parts, swampy ground. It could also be linked with a patronymic from the Old Norse verr. Church. Delaware's geographical features are represented on the maps to the left. Rehoboth Beach, together with the towns of Lewes, Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach, South Bethany, and Fenwick Island, comprise Delaware's beach resorts. [b] Although the Twelve-Mile Circle is often claimed to be the only territorial boundary in the U.S. that is a true arc, the Mexican boundary with Texas includes several arcs,[13] and many cities in the South (such as Plains, Georgia)[14] also have circular boundaries. No standalone television stations are based solely in Delaware. U.S. 13 and DE 1 are primary north–south highways connecting Wilmington and Pennsylvania with Maryland, with DE 1 serving as the main route between Wilmington and the Delaware beaches. Delaware's agricultural output consists of poultry, nursery stock, soybeans, dairy products and corn. At the time, state law prohibited money raised from white taxpayers from being used to support the state's schools for black children. Delaware has six different income tax brackets, ranging from 2.2% to 5.95%. In addition local Methodists and Quakers encouraged slaveholders to free their slaves following the American Revolution, and many did so in a surge of individual manumissions for idealistic reasons. For instance, the casino at Delaware Park Racetrack provided more than $100 million to the state in 2010. [12] It came probably from a Norman lieu-dit La Guerre. [111], As of 2011[update], the Delaware Department of Education had authorized the founding of 25 charter schools in the state, one of them being all-girls. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and Dow Chemical Company into DowDuPont took place on September 1, 2017.[73][74][75][76]. Worth, Richard. The peninsula's land is flat, with a few low-lying hills in the north. The counties were historically divided into hundreds, which were used as tax reporting and voting districts until the 1960s, but now serve no administrative role, their only current official legal use being in real estate title descriptions.[101]. By the end of World War II, poultry raising had become the mainstay of the county’s agriculture and the state’s major agricultural moneymaker. The climate of Delaware is humid and temperate. They had a settled hunting and agricultural society, and they rapidly became middlemen in an increasingly frantic fur trade with their ancient enemy, the Minqua or Susquehannock. [102] Currently, Democrats hold all postions of authority in Delaware including Senate and House. [89], Delaware has about 1,450 bridges, 95 percent of which are under the supervision of DelDOT. Our colony grows so many crops that we are known as the Breadbasket Colony! On average, there are 202 sunny days per … The Delaware Colony's mild climate made farming and agricultural pursuits feasible for the colonists. Dependent in early years on indentured labor, Delaware imported more slaves as the number of English immigrants decreased with better economic conditions in England. DuPont opened the world’s first nylon plant in Seaford in 1939. Following the Battle of Brandywine, Wilmington was occupied by the British, and State President John McKinly was taken prisoner. [90] Among these roads, Sussex (county road) 236 is among the most problematic.[90]. Significantly, Delaware has one of the few remaining Courts of Chancery in the nation, which has jurisdiction over equity cases, the vast majority of which are corporate disputes, many relating to mergers and acquisitions. Because of surveying errors, the actual line is several compound arcs with centers at different points in New Castle. Most functions which are handled on a county-by-county basis in other states—such as court and law enforcement—have been centralized in Delaware, leading to a significant concentration of power in the Delaware state government. Delaware has been home to professional wrestling outfit Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW). You won't ever have to worry about going hungry here. Dover Downs is a popular harness racing facility. [26] Under slavery law, children took the social status of their mothers, so children born to white women were free, regardless of their paternity, just as children born to enslaved women were born into slavery. Generally, the rural Southern (or "Slower Lower") regions of Delaware below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal embody a Southern culture,[33][34] while densely-populated Northern Delaware above the canal—particularly Wilmington, a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area—has more in common with that of the Northeast. Although the number of farms and the amount of farm acreage are in decline, agriculture remains important. In August 1777 General Sir William Howe led a British army through Delaware on his way to a victory at the Battle of Brandywine and capture of the city of Philadelphia. The paratransit system, consisting of a statewide door-to-door bus service for the elderly and disabled, has been described by a Delaware state report as "the most generous paratransit system in the United States". Rehoboth Beach often bills itself as "The Nation's Summer Capital" because it is a frequent summer vacation destination for Washington, D.C., residents as well as visitors from Maryland, Virginia, and in lesser numbers, Pennsylvania. Delaware is mostly vast coastal plain inland. Average temperatures and precipitation amounts for more than 9 cities in Delaware. The British remained in control of the Delaware River for much of the rest of the war, disrupting commerce and providing encouragement to an active Loyalist portion of the population, particularly in Sussex County. Each county elects its own legislative body (known in New Castle and Sussex counties as County Council, and in Kent County as Levy Court), which deal primarily in zoning and development issues. So it was that New Castle lawyer Thomas McKean denounced the Stamp Act in the strongest terms, and Kent County native John Dickinson became the "Penman of the Revolution." In 1981 Delaware adopted the Financial Center Development Act, which was designed to attract credit-card banking to the state. Unlike many states, Delaware's educational system is centralized in a state Superintendent of Education, with local school boards retaining control over taxation and some curriculum decisions. Hardwoods are characteristic in the north, but pines become mixed with hardwoods in the south. (The company sold its textile fibres division in 2004.). The first European settlers in the area were Swedes, who were Lutheran Protestants, and the Dutch, who practiced Protestant Calvinism. More recently, population growth in the more-rural counties of Kent and Sussex has expanded, as new industrial plants and resort communities have been built there and as poultry farming has grown. Delaware essentially freed the few slaves who were still in bondage shortly after the Civil War[further explanation needed] but rejected the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution; the 13th Amendment was rejected on February 8, 1865, the 14th Amendment was rejected on February 8, 1867, and the 15th Amendment was rejected on March 18, 1869. Dover Air Force Base, one of the largest in the country, is home to the 436th Airlift Wing and the 512th Airlift Wing. [77] The state's attractiveness as a corporate haven is largely because of its business-friendly corporation law. The Delmarva Central Railroad operates the most trackage of the short-line railroads, running from an interchange with Norfolk Southern in Porter south through Dover, Harrington, and Seaford to Delmar, with another line running from Harrington to Frankford and branches from Ellendale to Milton and from Georgetown to Gravel Hill. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}38°59′23″N 75°30′18″W / 38.9896°N 75.5050°W / 38.9896; -75.5050 (State of Delaware), Delaware (/ˈdɛləwɛər/ (listen) DEL-ə-wair)[9] is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States,[a] bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. [104], Tax is collected by the Delaware Division of Revenue.[105]. About 30 percent of all Delaware bridges were built before 1950, and about 60 percent of the number are included in the National Bridge Inventory. Most of the free African-American families in Delaware before the Revolution had migrated from Maryland to find more affordable land. Delaware's many rivers lead into the Delaware Bay, a passage to the Atlantic Ocean. Penn and his heirs remained proprietors of both and always appointed the same person Governor for their Province of Pennsylvania and their territory of the Lower Counties. Delaware Colony in the North American Middle Colonies consisted of land on the west bank of the Delaware River Bay.In the early 17th century the area was inhabited by Lenape and possibly the Assateague tribes of Native Americans. About two-thirds of Delaware’s population lives in New Castle county. Less than 2% of dleaware's population was that of slaves. The state has warmed two degrees (F) in the last century, heavy rainstorms are more frequent, and the sea is rising about one inch every seven years. Delaware has a land area of 1,955 square miles and a water area of 535 square miles. The last north–south passenger trains through the main part of Delaware was the Pennsylvania Railroad's local Wilmington-Delmar train in 1965. It is the second smallest and sixth least populous state, but also the sixth most densely populated. [16] A ridge about 75 to 80 feet (23 to 24 m) high extends along the western boundary of the state and separates the watersheds that feed Delaware River and Bay to the east and the Chesapeake Bay to the west. DuPont, once the largest employer in the state, grew from its beginnings as an explosives maker to invent and produce a variety of chemically based products, notably nylon. One major branch of the U.S. Interstate Highway System, Interstate 95 (I-95), crosses Delaware southwest-to-northeast across New Castle County. [15] The northernmost part of the state is part of the Piedmont Plateau with hills and rolling surfaces. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year. The Association of Religion Data Archives[59] reported in 2010 that the three largest denominational groups in Delaware by number of adherents are the Catholic Church at 182,532 adherents, the United Methodist Church with 53,656 members reported, and non-denominational Evangelical Protestant with 22,973 adherents reported. Title 4, chapter 7 of the Delaware Code stipulates that alcoholic liquor be sold only in specifically licensed establishments, and only between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m.[82] Until 2003, Delaware was among the several states enforcing blue laws and banned the sale of liquor on Sunday. During that same period the population of Wilmington declined, and its composition changed. In 2009, DelDOT maintained 13,507 lane-miles, totaling 89 percent of the state's public roadway system, the rest being under the supervision of individual municipalities. U.S. 40 is a primary east–west route, connecting Maryland with New Jersey. [94][95], The DART First State public transportation system was named "Most Outstanding Public Transportation System" in 2003 by the American Public Transportation Association. Residents of Sussex County will also use Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY), as it is located less than 10 miles (16 km) from the Delaware border. The first European colony in the Delaware Valley was established by Swedish settlers in 1638. Delaware’s prosperity depends in large part on its favourable location: 4 of the 10 largest cities in the United States lie within 150 miles (240 km) of Delaware. Delaware Colony was part of the Middle Colonies and played a pivotal role in the ratification of the Declaration of Independence.It was originally settled by the Swedish and Dutch under the leadership of Peter Minuit, but fell under English control in the mid-17th century.. In 2008, Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain in Delaware by 25 percentage points. [92][93] This was a successor to the Del-Mar-Va Express and Cavalier, which had run from Philadelphia through the state's interior, to the end of the Delmarva Peninsula until the mid-1950s. Also, wooded areas spread throughout the colony. [60][61][62], A 2012 survey of religious attitudes in the United States found that 34% of Delaware residents considered themselves "moderately religious", 33% "very religious", and 33% as "non-religious". The economies of these colonies were chiefly based on labor-intensive tobacco and increasingly dependent on African slaves because of a decline in working class immigrants from England. The Delmarva Peninsula occupies portions of three U.S. states: Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. [85][86] Funding for DelDOT projects is drawn, in part, from the Delaware Transportation Trust Fund, established in 1987 to help stabilize transportation funding; the availability of the Trust led to a gradual separation of DelDOT operations from other Delaware state operations. According to the Delaware state website, monthly temperatures in Delaware range on average from 75.8 to 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit. As Delaware has no franchises in the major American professional sports leagues, many Delawareans follow either Philadelphia or Baltimore teams. [106], In June 2018, Delaware became the first U.S. state to legalize sports betting following the Supreme Court ruling to repeal The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA).[107]. It's bordered by the Chesapeake Bay on the west, and the Delaware River, Delaware Bay, and Atlantic Ocean on the east. This followed the 1793 establishment in Philadelphia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church by Richard Allen, which had ties to the Methodist Episcopal Church until 1816. tax", "Auto tag No. In its colonial days, Delaware was largely an agricultural and industrial colony. [56][57] Neither bill was passed in the legislature. Wilmington is the state's most populous city (70,635) and its economic hub. DE 9 is a north–south highway connecting Dover and Wilmington via a scenic route along the Delaware Bay. According to the 2010 United States Census, Delaware had a population of 897,934. The weather in the colony of Delaware was … Geography: The geography of colonial Delaware was mostly flat low land.The fertile soil helped the economy thrive. There are also several state highways that cross the state of Delaware; a few of them include DE 1, DE 9, and DE 404. The colony covers about 2,489 square miles and is one of the smaller colonies. For these reasons, Delaware is considered to have the most business-friendly legal system in the United States; therefore a great number of companies are incorporated in Delaware, including 60% of the companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. [21][22] Only nine years later, in 1664, the Dutch were conquered by a fleet of English ships by Sir Robert Carr under the direction of James, the Duke of York. Delaware does not assess a state-level tax on real or personal property. John Smith also shows two Iroquoian tribes, the Kuskarawock and Tockwogh, living north of the Nanticoke—they may have held small portions of land in the western part of the state before migrating across the Chesapeake Bay. The table below lists the ten largest municipalities in the state based on the 2018 United States Census Estimate. Delaware colony. French is the third most spoken language at 0.7%, followed by Chinese at 0.5% and German at 0.5%. The northern part of the state is served by network stations in Philadelphia and the southern part by network stations in Salisbury, Maryland. [15] Its highest elevation, located at Ebright Azimuth, near Concord High School, is less than 450 feet (140 m) above sea level. [42], Delaware is the sixth most densely populated state, with a population density of 442.6 people per square mile, 356.4 per square mile more than the national average, and ranking 45th in population. Some bridges not under DelDOT supervision includes the four bridges on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, which are under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Delaware Memorial Bridge, which is under the bi-state Delaware River and Bay Authority. Prominent Delawareans include the du Pont family of politicians and businesspersons and the Biden family among whom Joe Biden is notable as the United States president-elect. Philadelphia's ABC affiliate, WPVI-TV, maintains a news bureau in downtown Wilmington. It is the first of several signed bike routes planned in Delaware. Initially led by John Haslet, Delaware provided one of the premier regiments in the Continental Army, known as the "Delaware Blues" and nicknamed the "Blue Hen's Chicks". Wilmington, the largest city, is situated in the area where the Brandywine, Christina, and Delaware rivers come together. The Amish first settled in Kent County in 1915. Pennsylvania was one of the Middle colonies, along with New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware. The Unami Lenape in the Delaware Valley were closely related to Munsee Lenape tribes along the Hudson River. In 2015, tourism in Delaware generated $3.1 billion, which makes up five percent of the state's GDP. Spencer built a church in Wilmington for the new denomination. In 1638 New Sweden, a Swedish trading post and colony, was established at Fort Christina (now in Wilmington) by Peter Minuit at the head of a group of Swedes, Finns and Dutch. In 1814, Spencer called for the first annual gathering, known as the Big August Quarterly, which continues to draw members of this denomination and their descendants together in a religious and cultural festival. Delaware - Delaware - The colony: The Dutch founded the first European settlement in Delaware at Lewes (then called Zwaanendael) in 1631. Delaware was the first state to ratify the United States constitution. In the north winter temperatures vary from a low of 23° F (–5° C) in January to a high of 86° F (30° C) in July. Delaware was the southernmost colony of the middle colonies, and even had a beach on the Atlantic coast. Delaware is also home to two large sporting venues. To the south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, which bisects southern New Castle county, the land has a more rural character. Majestic Hardwood trees are found in the north of Delaware and Pine trees are found in the south of Delaware. The number of same-sex couple households in 2010 stood at 2,646. The climate of Delaware is humid and temperate. More than half of all U.S. publicly traded companies, and 63% of the Fortune 500, are incorporated in Delaware. While the southern two counties have historically been predominantly agricultural, New Castle is more urbanized. In 2020, Democratic nominee, former vice president and Delaware native Joe Biden beat incumbent President Donald Trump in the state by over 19 percentage points. [17] In the southern two-thirds of the state are found Middle Atlantic coastal forests. Dover is the state capital and the second most populous city (38,079). The system includes bus, subsidized passenger rail operated by Philadelphia transit agency SEPTA, and subsidized taxi and paratransit modes. As of October 2019[update], the state's unemployment rate was 3.7%. The Delaware Colony article provides important information and interesting facts at a glance via the fast Facts File about the Delaware Colony including the date the colony were established, geography, history, the system of government, religion, trade and the economic activities in the Delaware Colony. Delaware, Delaware gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. Various airlines had served Wilmington Airport, the latest departure being Frontier Airlines in April 2015.[96]. To the west, a portion of the arc extends past the easternmost edge of Maryland. Obama's running mate was Joe Biden, who had represented Delaware in the United States Senate since 1973. The present governor is John Carney (Democrat), who took office January 17, 2017. During this time, its major crops were … In colonial times Delaware’s population consisted largely of people from the British Isles, slaves from Africa, and some Germans, along with a few remaining Native Americans. When John Dickinson freed his slaves in 1777, he was Delaware's largest slave owner with 37 slaves. The racial composition of the state was: Ethnically, Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 8.2% of the population. The colony of New Sweden lasted 17 years. Other general aviation airports in Delaware include Summit Airport near Middletown, Delaware Airpark near Cheswold, and Delaware Coastal Airport near Georgetown. It was initially colonized by Dutch traders at Zwaanendael, near the present town of Lewes, in 1631. This is the fewest among all states. Religion: The religion in Delaware was varied, since it was a religious free zone. Fresh water comes from the rivers that flow throughout Delaware. In 2004, John Kerry won Delaware by eight percentage points. Most of Delaware's soil is very fertile yet somewhat sandy. 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