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Delaware, occupies part of the peninsula between Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay. Delaware was one of the 13 original states. On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the first of the original 13 states to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
The people of Delaware commonly denote parts of their state as either “north of the canal,” meaning in the industrialized and densely inhabited region around Wilmington, or “south of the canal,” meaning in Delaware’s rural and lightly settled farming region. The canal referred to is the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, which effectively bisects New Castle County. The state’s name is derived from the name of Thomas West, Third Baron De La Warr, Virginia’s first colonial governor.
Delaware’s official nickname is the First State, which commemorates Delaware’s early ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Delaware is also known as the Diamond State, because its value, like that of a diamond, is said to be out of all proportion to its small size. Another nickname, the Blue Hen State, dates from the American Revolution when the fighting spirit of the Delaware First Regiment was compared with that of their mascots, a brood of gamecocks reared by a famous blue hen. The blue hen was later designated the official state bird.
