DELAWARE QUICK FACTS DECEMBER 7 1787 Name The state is named after the Delaware River which got its name from Thomas West 1577 1618 He was an English nobleman and governor of colonial Virginia whose title was Baron De La Warr State Capital Dover population 37 355 Date of Statehood December 7 1787 1st state Population 935 614 45th most populous state SELAWA GRE Area Total Land and Water 2 489 square miles 6 446 sq km 49th largest state Largest City Wilmington population 71 817 Nickname The First State Motto Liberty and Independence State Bird Blue Hen Chicken DELAWARE
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA State Flower Peach Blossom State Mineral Sillimanite Sillimanite State Tree American Holly State Song Our Delaware American Holly Highest Point Ebright Azimuth 448 feet 137 m Lowest Point Atlantic Ocean 0 feet 0 m Average July High Temperature 87°F 31°C BRIGHT IMH Record High Temperature 110°F 43°C in Millsboro on July 21 1930 Average January Low Temperature 25°F 4°C Record Low Temperature 17°F 27°C in Millsboro on January 17 1893 Average Annual Precipitation 44 inches 112 cm DELAWARE ATLANTIC Number of U S Senators 2 Number of U S Representatives 1 U S Postal Service Abbreviation DE QUICK FACTS N
DELAWARE GEOGRAPHY Delaware Delaware is the second smallest state behind Rhode Island Covering just 2 489 square miles 6 446 sq km it has only three counties New Castle in the north Kent in the middle and Sussex in the south From north to south the state is about 95 miles 153 km long At its narrowest in the north it is only 9 miles 14 km wide In the south Delaware is about 35 miles 56 km wide Delaware occupies the east side of the Delmarva Peninsula Bordering Delaware to the west and south is Maryland Pennsylvania is to the north The Delaware River Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean form most of the state's eastern border Small parts of New Jersey also share Delaware's eastern border A tidal salt marsh attracts thousands of birds and animals at the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge on the coast of Delaware Bay near Smyrna Delaware DELAWARE
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PENNSYLVANIA Wilmington Newark NEW JERSEY Delaware's total land and water area is 2 489 square miles 6 446 sq km It is the 49th largest state The state capital is Dover Smyrna MARYLAND Dover Delaware Bay DELAWARE GEOGRAPHY
