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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sussex County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2000 the population was 156,638. The county seat is Georgetown. In 2008, the population of the county was estimated to be 188,036, an increase of 20%. The Seaford Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Sussex County.Sussex County is Delaware's largest county by land area, with 938 square miles (2,429 km2). The first European settlement in the state of Delaware was founded in 1631 near the present-day town of Lewes. However, Sussex County was not organized until 1683. Archaeologists estimate that the first inhabitants of Sussex County, the southernmost county in Delaware, arrived between 10,000 and 14,000 years ago. Native Americans in Sussex County called themselves by the various tribal names of the Algonquin Nation. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R Canal) is a canal in central New Jersey, United States, built in the 1830s that served to connect the Delaware River to the Raritan River. It was intended as an efficient and reliable means of transportation of freight between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York City, especially coal from the anthracite coal fields in eastern Pennsylvania. Before the advent of the railroads, the canal allowed shippers to cut many miles off the route from the Pennsylvania coal fields, down the Delaware, around Cape May, and up along the (occasionally treacherous) Atlantic Ocean coast to New York City. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ocean View is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, in the United States. The population was 1,006 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Seaford Micropolitan Statistical Area and lies in Baltimore Hundred. Ocean View is fast becoming a bedroom community for the neighboring summer resort of Bethany Beach. Ocean View is located at 38°32?27?N 75°5?49?W? / ?38.54083°N 75.09694°W? / 38.54083; -75.09694 (38.540751, -75.096840). It lies one mile (1.6 kilometers) west of the Atlantic Ocean and one mile (1.6 kilometers) south of Indian River Bay. The Assawoman Canal borders Ocean View on the east and northeast, and Bethany Beach has a short contiguous border with it on the east. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lewes isan incorporated city in Sussex County,Delaware, United States, on the Delmarva Peninsula.According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, thepopulation of the city is 3,116.It is part of theSeaford, Delaware, Micropolitan StatisticalArea.Because Lewes was the earliest town founded inthe state, and because Delaware was the first stateto ratify the Constitution, the town refers toitself as "The first town in the first state." Lewesis named after the town of Lewes in England, whichalso is situated in a county named Sussex (fromwhich Sussex County, Delaware, takes its name).Lewes, Sussex, England, also has the same seal. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! TheDelaware Basin in West Texas and southern New Mexico is famous for holding large oil fields and for exposing a fossilized reef. Guadalupe Mountains National Park and Carlsbad Caverns National Park protect part of the basin. It is part of the larger Permian Basin, itself part of the Mid-Continent Oil Field. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Zwaanendael or Swaanendael was a Dutch colonial settlement in Delaware. It was built in 1631. The name is archaic Dutch spelling for "swan valley". The site of the settlement later became the town of Lewes, Delaware.Two directors of the Amsterdam chamber of the Dutch West India Company, Samuel Blommaert and Samuel Godyn, bargained with the natives for a tract of land reaching from Cape Henlopen to the mouth of Delaware River. This was in 1629, three years before the charter of Maryland, and is the oldest deed for land in Delaware. Its water-front nearly coincides with the coast of Kent and Sussex Counties. The purchase was ratified in 1630 by Peter Minuit and his council at Fort Amsterdam. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The so-called Twelve-Mile Circle is not actually a circle but the compound arcs of two or more different circles that have been imperceptibly feathered together to form most of the boundary between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of Delaware in the United States. It is nominally a circle with a supposed ? yet in fact only approximate and variable ? twelve-mile radius, centered in the town of New Castle, Delaware. In 1750, the center of the circle was fixed at the cupola of the courthouse in New Castle. (However, subsequent changes have been based on a different center point also, several thousand feet to the northwest of the courthouse.) The Twelve-Mile Circle continues into the Delaware River. A small portion of the circle, known as the "Arc Line," also forms part of the Mason-Dixon line, separating Delaware and Maryland. And two other small portions, although not actually demarcated until 1934, form parts of the boundary between the states of Delaware and New Jersey. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Newark is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, USA, 12 miles (19 km) west-southwest of Wilmington. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 30,060. Newark is the home of the University of Delaware. Newark was founded by Scots-Irish and Welsh settlers in 1694. The town was officially established when it received a charter from George II of Great Britain in 1758. Schools have played a significant role in the history of Newark. A grammar school, founded by Francis Alison in 1743, moved from New London, Pennsylvania to Newark in 1765, becoming the Newark Academy. Among the first graduates of the school were three signers of the Declaration of Independence: George Read, Thomas McKean, and James Smith. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Permian Basin is a sedimentary basin largely contained in the western part of the U.S. state of Texas and the southeastern part of the state of New Mexico. It reaches from just south of Lubbock, Texas, to just south of Midland & Odessa, extending westward into the southeastern part of the adjacent state of New Mexico. It is so named because it has one of the world's thickest deposits of rocks from the Permian geologic period. The greater Permian Basin comprises several component basins: of these, Midland Basin is the largest, Delaware Basin is the second largest, and Marfa Basin is the smallest. The Permian Basin extends beneath an area approximately 250 miles wide and 300 miles long. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Berlin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,315 people in the township, 3,313 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. A small part of the city of Delaware, the county seat of Delaware County, is located in northwestern Berlin Township. Statewide, other Berlin Townships are located in Erie, Holmes, Knox, and Mahoning Counties. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pea Patch Island is a small island, approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) long, in the U.S. state of Delaware, located in the mid channel of the Delaware River near its entrance into Delaware Bay. It is a low, marshy island, located in New Castle County, facing Delaware City on the Delaware shore, and Finns Point on the New Jersey shore. Once the location of strategic military defenses, the island is currently owned by the State of Delaware as Fort Delaware State Park.The island emerged as a mud bank in the river in the 18th century. According to folklore, the island received its name after a ship full of peas ran aground on it, spilling its contents and leading to a growth of the plant on the island. In the 1790s, Pierre L'Enfant suggested the use of the island as part of the defenses of New Castle, Delaware and Philadelphia. By 1814, the island had grown sufficiently large for the construction of Fort Delaware. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The cityof Dover is the capital and second largestcity in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also thecounty seat of Kent County, and the principal cityof the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Areawhich encompasses all of Kent County. It is locatedon the St. Jones River in the Delaware River coastalplain. It was named by William Penn for Dover inKent, England. As of 2007, the city had an estimatedpopulation of 35,811. ... Read more

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The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's watershed covers 64,299 square miles (166,534 km2) in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. More than 150 rivers and streams drain into the Bay. The Chesapeake Bay is approximately 200 miles (300 km) long, from the Susquehanna River in the north to the Atlantic Ocean in the south. At its narrowest point between Kent County's Plum Point (near Newtown) and the Harford County shore near Romney Creek, the Bay is 2.8 miles (4.5 km) wide; at its widest point, just south of the mouth of the Potomac River, it is 30 miles (50 km) wide. Total shoreline for the Bay and its tributaries is 11,684 miles (18,804 km), and the surface area of the bay and its major tributaries is 4,479 square miles (11,601 km2). Depth of the bay is 46 feet (14 m) and maximum depth of bay is 208 feet (63 m). The bay is spanned in two places. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Route 90 is a 3.22-mile (5.18 km) state highway in New Jersey in the United States (U.S.). The western terminus is at the Betsy Ross Bridge over the Delaware River in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, where the road continues into Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as an unnumbered road that provides access to Interstate 95. The eastern terminus is an interchange with Route 73 in Cinnaminson Township, Burlington County. It is a four-to six-lane freeway its entire length, interchanging with U.S. Route 130 and Camden County Route 644. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Newport is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is located on the Christina River. It is best known for being the home of colonial inventor Oliver Evans. The population was 1,122 at the 2000 census. Four limited access highways, I-95, I-295, I-495, and Delaware Route 141 intersect within one mile of the town. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), of which 2.22% is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,122 people, 456 households, and 290 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,554.0 inhabitants per square mile (986.1 /km2). There were 490 housing units at an average density of 1,115.4 per square mile (430.7 /km2). The racial makeup of the town was 75.76% White, 10.61% African American, 0.80% Native American, 1.69% Asian, 5.08% from other races, and 6.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.55% of the population. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Delaware is a city in and the county seat of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. Located near the center of Ohio, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Columbus, Delaware was founded in 1808 and incorporated in 1816. It is part of the Columbus Metropolitan Area. The population was 25,246 at the 2000 census. According to the US Census 2008 estimate, Delaware has a population of 33,719, while the Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH Combined Statistical Area has 2,002,604 people. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Southern Tier is a geographical term that refers to the counties of New York State west of the Catskill Mountains along the northern border of Pennsylvania. It is a loosely defined term that generally includes the counties on that border Pennsylvania west of Delaware County inclusive.The region is bordered to the south by the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, and together these regions are known as the Twin Tiers. Also occasionally included in the "Southern Tier" designation less frequently are Schuyler County, Chautauqua County (primarily the "South County" region in the Conewango Creek watershed, other areas are part of the Niagara Frontier), Yates County, Cortland County, Tompkins County, and (far more rarely) Schoharie County, Chenango County, and Otsego County (the last three of these are more commonly considered part of the "Central Leatherstocking Region"). At least one definition used by the state Department of Transportation includes Sullivan County, which usually isn't included in other definitions. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Troy Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,665 people in the township. The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Upper Darby Township is a home rule township bordering West Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, although it retains the term "Township" in its legal name, presumably for historic reasons. It is the largest municipality of any type in Delaware County and the 5th largest municipality in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Upper Darby is also home to the Tower Theater, an historic music venue on 69th street built in the 1920s. Upper Darby's population is diverse, representing over 100 ethnic cultures located within its densely populated, rowhouse streets. ... Read more