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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.

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Delaware Spaces: A farm - and its 333 acres - near Magnolia

May 22, 2013 8:34 pm

More than fabulous decor, the Jackewiczes wanted pristine cropland at their Kent County home

Masked gunman robs T-Mobile store in Newark

May 22, 2013 8:26 pm

Clerk turns over cash at Delaware Avenue store

Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion

May 22, 2013 8:04 pm

The tornado that tore through an Oklahoma City suburb destroyed or damaged as many as 13,000 homes

Pulp Culture: Rare mid-week folk show at Wilmington's Nomad tonight

May 22, 2013 8:02 pm

How about a rare Hump Day hootenanny in downtown Wilmington?

Wilmington fire chief now carrying firearm

May 22, 2013 7:59 pm

Anthony Goode says he's beem armed with the weapon for about a month because of high-profile code enforcement actions, including crackdown on Thunderguards clubs

Chick-fil-A loyalists camp out for free chicken

May 22, 2013 7:59 pm

New Chick-fil-A restaurant to open near Rehoboth Beach on Thursday morning

Delaware, other states settle e-book price-fixing lawsuit

May 22, 2013 7:35 pm

Suit alleged collusion by Penguin Group and Apple to raise prices on consumers

Wilmington police: Man falsely claimed stepdaughter was missing

May 22, 2013 7:23 pm

WILMINGTON - Police in Wilmington have charged a man with filing a false report after they spent time and manpower searching for his stepdaughter, who was not missing.

Two injured in Del. 896 crash; all lanes open

May 22, 2013 6:19 pm

Accident happened just before noon near Old Baltimore Pike

What's for Dinner? Pork kebabs with orange and thyme

May 22, 2013 6:12 pm

A fast dish, and one bursting with citrusy flavor, is pork kebabs with orange and thyme from "Martha Stewart's Dinner at Home"

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