Welcome to Delaware! If you only know that Delaware is the first of the 13 original colonies (in what is now the United States), worry not. Oh-that was new information to you? Then you have come to the right place. Here is the least you need to know.

The Name

The state of Delaware got its name from Thomas Baron, 3rd de la Warr. Delaware is the “small wonder”, the “diamond state”, and the “home of tax-free shopping”.

A Little More on Delaware

The state “bird” is the blue hen. Even the University of Delaware has a Fighting Blue Hen, You Dee, as its mascot. The official state flower is the peach blossom.

There are three counties: New Castle, Kent, and Sussex. Delaware lies partly in the North and partly in the South, according to the imaginary, historical Mason-Dixon line.

Famous Delaware

Delaware is the most popular state in the nation for business formation, having “written most of the modern U.S. corporation case law.

Famous Delawareans (de' la ware e anz) include Ryan Phillippe (actor), Elisabeth Shue (actress), Valerie Bertinelli (actress), Bertice Berry (writer), and DuPont (the company and the family).

There is much more to learn about the first state, so Google around or visit Delaware for yourself. Go Blue Hens!