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It is known as the "Crossroads of Delmarva". It is home to the Salisbury–Ocean City–Wicomico Regional Airport, the only airport on the peninsula with scheduled commercial flights. The city is also home to Salisbury University, a Maryland state university. Seaford, Delaware, the "Nylon Capital of the World", is the largest city in Sussex County.
On July 29, 1925, an Order of the Arrow charter was granted to Unalachtico Lodge of the Del-Mar-Va Council. The Lodge drew its membership from Camp Rodney and was named after the Unalachtigo Lenape (or Delaware Indians) who had inhabited the area. [19] The totem was the turkey. By the late 1930s, the lodge had become inactive and was disbanded.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 January 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Delaware (disambiguation). State in the United States Delaware State Flag Seal Nickname(s): The First State; The Small Wonder; Blue Hen State; The Diamond State Motto: Liberty and Independence Anthem: "Our Delaware ...
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (/ ˈ d ɛ l ə w ɛər / ⓘ DEL-ə-wair; [1] [2] [3] 9 July 1576 – 7 June 1618), was an English nobleman, for whom the bay, the river, and, consequently, a Native American people and U.S. state, all later called "Delaware", were named.
Before Delaware was settled by Europeans, the area was home to the Lenni Lenape (also known as the Delaware), Susquehanna, Nanticoke, and other Native American tribes. After the Swedes, Dutch colonists settled Delaware, with the native people trading with European settlers for around a half-century.
West Point (formerly Delaware) is an incorporated town in King William County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,414 at the 2020 census. The population was 3,414 at the 2020 census. [ 5 ]
Millsboro's earliest European settlers were of English family origin; though most were second generation colonists who simply migrated north from the eastern shore of Virginia in order to join in the timber drive of the later 17th century, which brought many seeking to cut the vast mixed deciduous forests.
Lombardy Hall is a historic house at 1611 Concord Pike in Fairfax, Delaware. Probably built about 1750, this stone house is notable as the home of U.S. Founding Father Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747-1812), a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and a signer of the U. S. Constitution. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974. [2] [3]