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Newark (/ ˈ nj uː ɑːr k / NEW-ark) [note 1] is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is located 12 miles (19 km) west-southwest of Wilmington. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 31,454. [5] Newark is home to the University of Delaware.
Dover (/ ˈ d oʊ v ər / DOH-vər) is the capital and the second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Delaware. [3] It is also the county seat of Kent County and the principal city of the Dover metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part of the Philadelphia–Wilmington–Camden, PA–NJ–DE–MD, combined statistical area.
Newark, Delaware Vance Anderson Funk III (born December 16, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from Newark, Delaware . He was the mayor of Newark from 2005 until he retired in 2013.Vance Funk does appear as Spiderman from time to time in a variety of Newark area parades.
Delaware's economy shifted to a manufacturing base in the late 19th century, led by the transformation of the DuPont Company. [1] Modern growth in the financial workforce has overtaken the manufacturing sector in the state's economy. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides a flexible and stable framework for national incorporation. [2]
The county seat of St. Jones (renamed Kent County in 1681 [6]) is at Dover. [6] After 2000, a fourth "Appoquinimink County" was proposed to be carved out of New Castle County. The effort intended to end the zoning restrictions of the Unified Development Code on the undeveloped farmland. [10]
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Phila Furry George: [30] First female lawyer for the Hercules Powder Company in Wilmington, Delaware (1943) [New Castle County, Delaware] Haile L. Alford: [14] [15] First African American female to serve on the Superior Court of New Castle County (1992) Lisa Roberson Hatfield: [31] First female to serve as the Alderman's Court for Newark (2007)
1996 Delaware's at-large congressional district election [12] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Mike Castle (incumbent) 185,577 : 70% : Democratic: Dennis E. Williams 73,258 27% Libertarian: George A. Jurgensen 4,000 2% Constitution: Felicia B. Johnson 3,009 1% Natural Law: Bob Mattson 987 0.37% Total votes 266,831 : 100% : Republican hold