State No 1,
State Date December 7, 1787,
Capital Dover,
Population 783,600; 45th, 12/00,
Area Codes 302,
Nickname
First State / Diamond State / Blue Hen State/ Small Wonder,
Motto
Liberty and Independence,
Origin Named after an early Virginia
governor, Lord De La Warr,
Bird Blue Hen Chicken,
Flower Peach
Blossom,
Tree American Holly,
Area 2489 sq.mi., 49th Land 1955
sq.mi., 49th Water 535 sq.mi., 40th Coastline 28 mi., 21st Shoreline 381mi.,
21st,
Colleges Universities ,
Agriculture Poultry, nursery
stock, soybeans, dairy products, corn,
Industry Chemical products,
food processing, paper products, rubber and plastic products, scientific
instruments, printing and publishing.,
Tourism Dover's Biggs Museum,
canoeing, fishing, golf, biking, hiking, bird watching, horse riding,
hunting, boating, Dover Downs Entertainment,
National Forests ,
Song Our Delaware,
State Parks Assawoman Bay State Wildlife Area.
Augustine State Wildlife Management Area. Beach Plum Island State Park.
Bellevue State Park. Blackbird State Forest. Blackbird State Forest Tybout
Tract. Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Brandywine Creek State Park.
Brandywine Springs State Park. Cape Henlopen State Park. Cedar Swamp State
Wildlife Management Area. Delaware Seashore State Park. Ellendale State
Forest. Fenwick Island State Park. Fort Delaware State Park. Holts Landing
State Park. Killcohook National Wildlife Refuge. Killens Pond State Park.
Lums Pond State Park. Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Prime Hook State
Wildlife Management Area. Red Lion State Forest. Redden State Forest. Redden
State Forest Bailey Tract. Trap Pond State Park. Walter S Carpenter State
Park. Woodland Beach State Wildlife Management Area.,
Topography ,
Highest Point Ebright Azimuth; 442 feet, 49th,
Lowest Point
Atlantic coast; Sea level,
Media ,
Sports Wilmington Blue
Rocks (A) - Wilmington.,
Facts Delaware was the first state to ratify
the United States constitution. It did so on December 7, 1787. Delaware
shares a semi-circular border with Pennsylvania. The border was drawn at the
time of the original land grants to William Penn from King Charles II and
the Duke of York. [
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The nation's first
scheduled steam railroad began in New Castle in 1831. The United States
battleship Delaware was commissioned in 1910. Delaware is the only state
without any National Park System units such as national parks, seashores,
historic sites, battlefields, memorials, and monuments.,
Biographies
Valerie Bertinelli actress, Wilmington. Robert Montgomery Bird playwright,
author, New Castle. Henry S. Canby editor, author, Seidel. Annie Jump Cannon
astronomer, Dover. Felix Darley artist, Claymont.,
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