This year I'll be posting weekly legal, military, and other trivia about our 50 states, in the order of when they were admitted into the United States.
We begin with:
1 Delaware
Admitted to the US - December 7, 1787
Postal abbreviation – DE
Capital – Dover
Area – 2,489 square miles [49th largest in the US]
Population as of census 2010 – 897,934 [45th largest in the US]
Population density per square mile - 460.8 [8th largest in the US]
Area code – 302
Zip codes – 19701 - 19980
Number of counties – 3
State nickname – First State
State motto – Liberty and Independence
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| State Flag of Delaware |
The last state to have land in the national park system designated [in 2013]
No sales tax!
25 facts about Delaware
Facts from Delaware Historical Society
Delaware Law School
Widener University - Delaware Law School
Military facts
Delaware Military Academy, a charter public high school
Dover Air Force Base
New Castle Air National Guard
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