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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmarva_yar%C4%B1madas%C4%B1" title="Delmarva yarımadası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Delmarva yarımadası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Делмарва – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Делмарва" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledenez_Delmarva" title="Ledenez Delmarva – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Ledenez Delmarva" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen%C3%ADnsula_Delmarva" title="Península Delmarva – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Península Delmarva" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmarva_Peninsula_(punta_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Maryland)" title="Delmarva Peninsula (punta sa Tinipong Bansa, Maryland) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Delmarva Peninsula (punta sa Tinipong Bansa, Maryland)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmarva" title="Delmarva – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Delmarva" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmarva-Halbinsel" title="Delmarva-Halbinsel – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Delmarva-Halbinsel" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B2%CE%B1" title="Χερσόνησος Ντελμάρβα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χερσόνησος Ντελμάρβα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen%C3%ADnsula_Delmarva" title="Península Delmarva – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Península Delmarva" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmarva_penintsula" title="Delmarva penintsula – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Delmarva penintsula" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7" title="شبه‌جزیره دیلماروا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شبه‌جزیره دیلماروا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9ninsule_de_Delmarva" title="Péninsule de Delmarva – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Péninsule de Delmarva" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B8%EB%A7%88%EB%B0%94%EB%B0%98%EB%8F%84" title="델마바반도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="델마바반도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semenanjung_Delmarva" title="Semenanjung Delmarva – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Semenanjung Delmarva" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmarva" title="Delmarva – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Delmarva" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paeninsula_Delmarva" title="Paeninsula Delmarva – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Paeninsula Delmarva" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delm%C4%93rva" title="Delmērva – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Delmērva" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" 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lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="デルマーバ半島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmarva" title="Delmarva – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Delmarva" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmarva" title="Delmarva – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Delmarva" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen%C3%ADnsula_de_Delmarva" title="Península de Delmarva – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" 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href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmarvan_niemimaa" title="Delmarvan niemimaa – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Delmarvan niemimaa" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmarvahalv%C3%B6n" title="Delmarvahalvön – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Delmarvahalvön" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2" title="คาบสมุทรเดลมาร์วา – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="คาบสมุทรเดลมาร์วา" data-language-autonym="ไทย" 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Virginia (in yellow), the Eastern Shore of Maryland (in orange), and part of Delaware (also in yellow)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Delmarva-Peninsula-MarylandES.png/250px-Delmarva-Peninsula-MarylandES.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="376" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Delmarva-Peninsula-MarylandES.png/375px-Delmarva-Peninsula-MarylandES.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Delmarva-Peninsula-MarylandES.png 2x" data-file-width="398" data-file-height="599" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">A map of the Delmarva Peninsula map with the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Virginia" title="Eastern Shore of Virginia">Eastern Shore of Virginia</a> (in yellow), the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Maryland" title="Eastern Shore of Maryland">Eastern Shore of Maryland</a> (in orange), and part of <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> (also in yellow)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest municipalities by population</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">Salisbury</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">818,000</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Delmarva Peninsula</b>, or simply <b>Delmarva</b>, is a large <a href="/wiki/Peninsula" title="Peninsula">peninsula</a> on the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">East Coast of the United States</a>, occupied by the vast majority of the state of <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> and parts of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Maryland" title="Eastern Shore of Maryland">Eastern Shore of Maryland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Virginia" title="Eastern Shore of Virginia">Eastern Shore of Virginia</a>. </p><p>The peninsula is 170 miles (274 km) long. In width, it ranges from 70 miles (113 km) near its center, to 12 miles (19 km) at the isthmus on its northern edge, to less near its southern tip of <a href="/wiki/Cape_Charles_(headland)" title="Cape Charles (headland)">Cape Charles</a>. It is bordered by the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake Bay</a> on the west, <a href="/wiki/Pocomoke_Sound" title="Pocomoke Sound">Pocomoke Sound</a> on the southwest, and the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Bay" title="Delaware Bay">Delaware Bay</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> on the east. </p><p>The population of the twelve counties entirely on the peninsula totals 818,014 people as of the 2020 census. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In older sources, the peninsula between Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay was variously known as the <b>Delaware and Chesapeake Peninsula</b> or simply the <b>Chesapeake Peninsula</b>. </p><p>The toponym <i>Delmarva</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Clipped_compound" title="Clipped compound">clipped compound</a> of <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:US#Current_codes" title="ISO 3166-2:US">official abbreviation</a> <i>VA</i>), which in turn was modeled after <a href="/wiki/Delmar,_Maryland" title="Delmar, Maryland">Delmar</a>, a border town named after Delaware and Maryland. While Delmar was founded and named in 1859, the earliest uses of the name Delmarva occurred several years later (for example on February 10, 1877, in <i>The Middletown Transcript</i> newspaper in <a href="/wiki/Middletown,_Delaware" title="Middletown, Delaware">Middletown, Delaware</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and appear to have been commercial and <a href="/wiki/Boosterism" title="Boosterism">booster</a>-driven; for example, the <i>Delmarva Heat, Light, and Refrigerating Corp.</i> of <a href="/wiki/Chincoteague,_Virginia" title="Chincoteague, Virginia">Chincoteague, Virginia</a>, was in existence by 1913<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—but general use of the term did not occur until the 1920s.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Delmarva_topo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Delmarva_topo.png/220px-Delmarva_topo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Delmarva_topo.png/330px-Delmarva_topo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Delmarva_topo.png/440px-Delmarva_topo.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1423" /></a><figcaption>Topography of Delmarva Peninsula</figcaption></figure> <p>At the northern point of the peninsula there is a geographic fall line that separates the crystalline rocks of the Piedmont from the unconsolidated sediments of the Coastal Plain. This line passes through <a href="/wiki/Newark,_Delaware" title="Newark, Delaware">Newark, Delaware</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Elkton,_Maryland" title="Elkton, Maryland">Elkton, Maryland</a>. The northern isthmus of the peninsula is transected by the sea-level <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Delaware_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Chesapeake and Delaware Canal">Chesapeake and Delaware Canal</a>. Several bridges cross the canal, and the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge" title="Chesapeake Bay Bridge">Chesapeake Bay Bridge</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge%E2%80%93Tunnel" title="Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel">Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel</a> join the peninsula to <a href="/wiki/Mainland" title="Mainland">mainland</a> Maryland and Virginia, respectively. Another point of access is <a href="/wiki/Lewes,_Delaware" title="Lewes, Delaware">Lewes, Delaware</a>, reachable by the <a href="/wiki/Cape_May%E2%80%93Lewes_Ferry" title="Cape May–Lewes Ferry">Cape May–Lewes Ferry</a> from <a href="/wiki/Cape_May,_New_Jersey" title="Cape May, New Jersey">Cape May</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover, Delaware</a>, is the peninsula's largest city by population. The main commercial areas are Dover in the north and <a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">Salisbury, Maryland</a>, near its center. Including all offshore islands, the largest of which is <a href="/wiki/Kent_Island,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Kent Island, Maryland">Kent Island</a> in <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, the total land area south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is 5,454 sq mi (14,130 km<sup>2</sup>). At the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 census</a> the total population was 681,030, giving an average population density of 124.86 inhabitants per square mile (48.21/km<sup>2</sup>). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cape_Charles_(headland)" title="Cape Charles (headland)">Cape Charles</a> forms the southern tip of the peninsula in <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. </p><p>The entire Delmarva Peninsula falls within the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coastal_Plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Coastal Plain">Atlantic Coastal Plain</a>, a flat and sandy area with very few or no hills; the highest point in the peninsula is only 102 ft (31 m) above sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Seaboard_fall_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Seaboard fall line">fall line</a>, found in the region southwest of Wilmington, Delaware, and just north of the northern edge of the Delmarva Peninsula, is a geographic borderland where the <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" title="Piedmont (United States)">Piedmont</a> region transitions into the coastal plain. Its Atlantic Ocean coast is formed by the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Barrier_Islands" title="Virginia Barrier Islands">Virginia Barrier Islands</a> in the south and Cape Henlopen in the north, encompassing Ocean City, Maryland, and the Delaware Beaches from Fenwick Island to Lewes. The peninsula has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<i>Cfa</i>) according to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/Trewartha_climate_classification" title="Trewartha climate classification">Trewartha climate classification</a>, the northern half has a temperate or <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<i>Do</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The culture of Delmarva is starkly different from the rest of the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Atlantic states">Mid-Atlantic region</a> and is much like that of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a>. While the northern portion of Delmarva, such as the <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington</a> metro area, is similar to the urban regions of Philadelphia, the Maryland, Virginia, and "Slower Lower" Delaware counties are more <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">conservative</a> than their "mainland" counties.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been suggested that Delmarva residents have a variation of <a href="/wiki/Southern_American_English" title="Southern American English">Southern American English</a> which is particularly prevalent in rural areas.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Delmarva is driven by agriculture and commercial fishing.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the land is rural, with a few large population centers, though tourism has been an important part of the region. </p><p>Delmarva has longstanding <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> roots, but now Protestants are more numerous, with Methodism being particularly strongly represented. Numerous Catholic churches dating to the 17th century are still operating, such as Old Bohemia Church, which is dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Francis_Xavier" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Francis Xavier">Saint Francis Xavier</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cecil_County,_Maryland" title="Cecil County, Maryland">Cecil County, Maryland</a>. There are several historically significant Episcopalian churches, such as Old Trinity Church in southern Dorchester County and Christ Church in <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Maryland" title="Cambridge, Maryland">Cambridge, Maryland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_divisions">Political divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sediment_in_Motion_at_Ocean_City.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Sediment_in_Motion_at_Ocean_City.jpg/220px-Sediment_in_Motion_at_Ocean_City.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Sediment_in_Motion_at_Ocean_City.jpg/330px-Sediment_in_Motion_at_Ocean_City.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Sediment_in_Motion_at_Ocean_City.jpg/440px-Sediment_in_Motion_at_Ocean_City.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4299" data-file-height="3579" /></a><figcaption>Sediment in motion at <a href="/wiki/Ocean_City,_Maryland" title="Ocean City, Maryland">Ocean City, Maryland</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The border between Maryland and Delaware, which resulted from the 80-year-long <a href="/wiki/Penn%E2%80%93Calvert_Boundary_Dispute" class="mw-redirect" title="Penn–Calvert Boundary Dispute">Penn–Calvert Boundary Dispute</a>, consists of the east–west <a href="/wiki/Transpeninsular_Line" title="Transpeninsular Line">Transpeninsular Line</a> and the perpendicular north–south portion of the <a href="/wiki/Mason%E2%80%93Dixon_line" title="Mason–Dixon line">Mason–Dixon line</a> extending north to just beyond its tangential intersection with the <a href="/wiki/Twelve-Mile_Circle" title="Twelve-Mile Circle">Twelve-Mile Circle</a> which forms Delaware's border with <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>. The border between Maryland and Virginia on the peninsula follows the <a href="/wiki/Pocomoke_River" title="Pocomoke River">Pocomoke River</a> from the Chesapeake to a series of straight <a href="/wiki/Surveying" title="Surveying">surveyed</a> lines connecting the Pocomoke to the Atlantic Ocean. </p><p>All three counties in Delaware, <a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle</a> (partially), <a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Delaware" title="Kent County, Delaware">Kent</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_Delaware" title="Sussex County, Delaware">Sussex</a>, are located on the peninsula. Of the 23 <a href="/wiki/County" title="County">counties</a> in Maryland, nine are on the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Maryland" title="Eastern Shore of Maryland">Eastern Shore</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Maryland" title="Kent County, Maryland">Kent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Queen Anne's County, Maryland">Queen Anne's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Talbot_County,_Maryland" title="Talbot County, Maryland">Talbot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caroline_County,_Maryland" title="Caroline County, Maryland">Caroline</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorchester_County,_Maryland" title="Dorchester County, Maryland">Dorchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wicomico_County,_Maryland" title="Wicomico County, Maryland">Wicomico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Somerset_County,_Maryland" title="Somerset County, Maryland">Somerset</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Worcester_County,_Maryland" title="Worcester County, Maryland">Worcester</a>, as well as a portion of <a href="/wiki/Cecil_County,_Maryland" title="Cecil County, Maryland">Cecil County</a>. Two Virginia counties are on the peninsula: <a href="/wiki/Accomack_County,_Virginia" title="Accomack County, Virginia">Accomack</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northampton_County,_Virginia" title="Northampton County, Virginia">Northampton</a>. </p><p>The following is a list of some of the notable cities and towns on the peninsula. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Maryland" title="Cambridge, Maryland">Cambridge, Maryland</a>, is the county seat of Dorchester County and a busy port on the <a href="/wiki/Choptank_River" title="Choptank River">Choptank River</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centreville,_Maryland" title="Centreville, Maryland">Centreville, Maryland</a>, is the county seat of Queen Anne's County.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chestertown,_Maryland" title="Chestertown, Maryland">Chestertown, Maryland</a>, is the county seat of Kent County, MD and the home of <a href="/wiki/Washington_College" title="Washington College">Washington College</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chincoteague,_Virginia" title="Chincoteague, Virginia">Chincoteague, Virginia</a>, is noted for its wild <a href="/wiki/Pony" title="Pony">ponies</a> and its beaches, administered by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Fish_%26_Wildlife_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service">U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service</a> through <a href="/wiki/Chincoteague_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge">Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge</a>; the Atlantic Ocean side of the wildlife refuge is administered by the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> as the southern portion of <a href="/wiki/Assateague_Island_National_Seashore" title="Assateague Island National Seashore">Assateague Island National Seashore</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crisfield,_Maryland" title="Crisfield, Maryland">Crisfield, Maryland</a>, is a notable source of seafood.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delmar,_Maryland" title="Delmar, Maryland">Delmar, Maryland</a>, part of the Salisbury Urbanized Area, lies across the Maryland-Delaware border from its twin, <a href="/wiki/Delmar,_Delaware" title="Delmar, Delaware">Delmar, Delaware</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/Transpeninsular_Line" title="Transpeninsular Line">Transpeninsular Line</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover, Delaware</a>, is the Delaware <a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States" title="List of capitals in the United States">state capital</a> and the peninsula's largest city in terms of population. It is also the county seat of Kent County, DE and is home to <a href="/wiki/Delaware_State_University" title="Delaware State University">Delaware State University</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton,_Maryland" title="Easton, Maryland">Easton, Maryland</a>, is the county seat of Talbot County.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Delaware" title="Georgetown, Delaware">Georgetown, Delaware</a>, is the county seat of Sussex County. Return Day, a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biennial" class="extiw" title="wikt:biennial">biennial</a> tradition dating back to the Colonial era, is held in Georgetown two days after <a href="/wiki/Election_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Election Day">Election Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewes,_Delaware" title="Lewes, Delaware">Lewes, Delaware</a>, is the site of the first European colonization in Delaware, is nicknamed "the first town in the first state", and is a port city for the <a href="/wiki/Cape_May%E2%80%93Lewes_Ferry" title="Cape May–Lewes Ferry">Cape May–Lewes Ferry</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_City,_Maryland" title="Ocean City, Maryland">Ocean City, Maryland</a>, is a popular beach and resort town.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Anne,_Maryland" title="Princess Anne, Maryland">Princess Anne, Maryland</a>, is the county seat of Somerset County and the home of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland_Eastern_Shore" title="University of Maryland Eastern Shore">University of Maryland Eastern Shore</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehoboth_Beach,_Delaware" title="Rehoboth Beach, Delaware">Rehoboth Beach, Delaware</a>, "the Nation's Summer Capital", has a sixteenfold increase in population from winter to summer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Michaels,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Michaels, Maryland">St. Michaels, Maryland</a>, is a popular tourist destination.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">Salisbury, Maryland</a>, is the county seat of Wicomico County, the second largest city in the peninsula and the lower peninsula's only <a href="/wiki/Urban_area#United_States" title="Urban area">urbanized area</a>. It is known as the "Crossroads of Delmarva". It is home to the <a href="/wiki/Salisbury%E2%80%93Ocean_City%E2%80%93Wicomico_Regional_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Salisbury–Ocean City–Wicomico Regional Airport">Salisbury–Ocean City–Wicomico Regional Airport</a>, the only airport on the peninsula with scheduled commercial flights. The city is also home to <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_University" title="Salisbury University">Salisbury University</a>, a Maryland state university.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaford,_Delaware" title="Seaford, Delaware">Seaford, Delaware</a>, the "Nylon Capital of the World", is the largest city in Sussex County.</li></ul> <p>At its southern tip, the Delmarva Peninsula is connected to <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Beach">Virginia Beach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a>, Virginia, via the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge-Tunnel" class="mw-redirect" title="Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel">Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel</a> which opened in 1964. The bridge tunnel is owned and administered by the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge_and_Tunnel_District" title="Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District">Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Largest_municipalities">Largest municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Largest municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#CCF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States" title="List of capitals in the United States">State capital</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> </span>‡ </p><p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#b4ddb4; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">County seat</a></span>† </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Population </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Area </th> <th>County </th> <th>State </th> <th>Settled </th> <th>Inc. </th> <th>Origin of Name </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCF;"> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover ‡</a> </td> <td>Capital city </td> <td>38,079 </td> <td>23.48 sq mi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Delaware" title="Kent County, Delaware">Kent</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> </td> <td>1683 </td> <td>1829 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover" title="Dover">Dover</a> in Kent, England </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#b4ddb4;"> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">Salisbury†</a> </td> <td>City </td> <td>32,809 </td> <td>13.40 sq mi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wicomico_County,_Maryland" title="Wicomico County, Maryland">Wicomico</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> </td> <td>1732 </td> <td>1854 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Middletown,_Delaware" title="Middletown, Delaware">Middletown</a> </td> <td>Town </td> <td>22,582 </td> <td>11.83 sq mi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1861 </td> <td>Halfway between <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bunker_Hill,_Maryland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bunker Hill, Maryland (page does not exist)">Bunker Hill, Maryland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Odessa,_Delaware" title="Odessa, Delaware">Odessa, Delaware</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#b4ddb4;"> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Easton,_Maryland" title="Easton, Maryland">Easton†</a> </td> <td>Town </td> <td>16,494 </td> <td>10.56 sq mi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Talbot_County,_Maryland" title="Talbot County, Maryland">Talbot</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1790 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#b4ddb4;"> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Maryland" title="Cambridge, Maryland">Cambridge†</a> </td> <td>Town </td> <td>12,285 </td> <td>10.34 sq mi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dorchester_County,_Maryland" title="Dorchester County, Maryland">Dorchester</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1793 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Smyrna,_Delaware" title="Smyrna, Delaware">Smyrna</a> </td> <td>Town </td> <td>11,580 </td> <td>6.01 sq mi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Delaware" title="Kent County, Delaware">Kent</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Ancient Greek city of <a href="/wiki/Smyrna" title="Smyrna">Smyrna</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milford,_Delaware" title="Milford, Delaware">Milford</a> </td> <td>City </td> <td>11,353 </td> <td>9.87 sq mi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Delaware" title="Kent County, Delaware">Kent</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_Delaware" title="Sussex County, Delaware">Sussex</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Named for numerous mills around town </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seaford,_Delaware" title="Seaford, Delaware">Seaford</a> </td> <td>City </td> <td>7,861 </td> <td>5.30 sq mi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_Delaware" title="Sussex County, Delaware">Sussex</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1865 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seaford,_East_Sussex" title="Seaford, East Sussex">Seaford, East Sussex</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#b4ddb4;"> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Delaware" title="Georgetown, Delaware">Georgetown †</a> </td> <td>Town </td> <td>7,427 </td> <td>5.14 sq mi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_Delaware" title="Sussex County, Delaware">Sussex</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> </td> <td>1791 </td> <td>1869 </td> <td>Commissioner George Mitchell </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ocean_City,_Maryland" title="Ocean City, Maryland">Ocean City</a> </td> <td>Town </td> <td>6,927 </td> <td>4.41 sq mi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Worcester_County,_Maryland" title="Worcester County, Maryland">Worcester</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> </td> <td>1875 </td> <td>1880 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposed_state">Proposed state</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Proposed state"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At various times in history, residents of the Delmarva Peninsula have proposed that its Maryland and Virginia portions <a href="/wiki/Secession" title="Secession">secede</a> from their respective states, merging with Kent County and Sussex County, Delaware, to create the state of Delmarva. A Delmarva State Party with this aim was founded in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A combined population with the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia, with the aforementioned two Delaware counties, would be about 750,000, or 921,739 in 2020, roughly the population of <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>. Including <a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle County, Delaware</a>, the combined population would be 1,492,458 in 2020, roughly the population of <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> or <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>. </p><p>Legislative attempts to break away the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland and join them with Delaware were made several times. In November 1776, delegates from the Eastern Shore attempted to insert a clause into the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Declaration_of_Rights" title="Maryland Declaration of Rights">Maryland Declaration of Rights</a> that would allow the shore counties to secede from Maryland, with the clause being defeated 30–17. In 1833, the secession movement came close to succeeding: a Delaware resolution proposing the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Maryland" title="Eastern Shore of Maryland">Eastern Shore of Maryland</a> be absorbed into Delaware passed the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Senate" title="Delaware Senate">Delaware Senate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">Delaware House of Representatives</a>, then passed the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_House_of_Delegates" title="Maryland House of Delegates">Maryland House of Delegates</a> with a 40–24 vote, but failed to be voted out of committee by the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Senate" title="Maryland Senate">Maryland Senate</a>. The following year, a Caroline County representative proposed allowing the Eastern Shore to secede via referendum, but the Maryland House of Delegates voted 60–5 to indefinitely postpone the measure, and that proposal was never taken up again. In 1851, Dorchester County delegate and future Maryland Governor <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Holliday_Hicks" title="Thomas Holliday Hicks">Thomas Holliday Hicks</a> proposed an amendment that would give the Eastern Shore the right to vote itself into Delaware, but the amendment failed 51–27.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#ccccff;">Presidential election results</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <caption><b>Including the entirety of New Castle<br />County, DE and Cecil County, MD</b><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey;"> <th>Year </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th>Others </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2020" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2020">2020</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53.0%</b> <i>402,229</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.3% <i>343,352</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">1.7% <i>13,049</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2016">2016</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>47.6%</b> <i>322,702</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.2% <i>320,387</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">5.2% <i>35,135</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2012">2012</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53.0%</b> <i>340,859</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.4% <i>292,042</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">1.6% <i>10,172</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2008">2008</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.5%</b> <i>354,566</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.2% <i>276,438</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">1.3% <i>8,324</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2004">2004</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.4% <i>279,880</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.6%</b> <i>292,716</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">1.0% <i>5,567</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 2000">2000</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.0%</b> <i>251,836</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.8% <i>226,268</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">3.2% <i>15,766</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1996">1996</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>48.8%</b> <i>202,681</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.8% <i>165,360</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">11.3% <i>46,940</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1992" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1992">1992</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>41.2%</b> <i>183,693</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.3% <i>170,585</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">20.5% <i>91,437</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1988" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1988">1988</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.2% <i>157,129</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.2%</b> <i>222,013</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">0.6% <i>2,452</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1984" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1984">1984</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.7% <i>143,171</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.0%</b> <i>235,378</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">0.3% <i>1,319</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1980" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1980">1980</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.4% <i>156,436</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48.5%</b> <i>170,788</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">7.2% <i>25,251</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1976" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1976">1976</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.1%</b> <i>173,700</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.8% <i>162,669</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">1.1% <i>3,875</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1972" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1972">1972</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.8% <i>119,150</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.9%</b> <i>209,460</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">1.2% <i>4,148</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1968" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1968">1968</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.0% <i>118,585</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>45.1%</b> <i>140,933</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">16.9% <i>52,896</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1964" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1964">1964</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.6%</b> <i>173,647</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.3% <i>117,394</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">0.2% <i>549</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1960" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1960">1960</a></b> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.7% <i>142,583</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.0%</b> <i>143,578</i> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#EEEEEE">0.3% <i>751</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-colonization">Pre-colonization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Pre-colonization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some studies have shown that Native Americans inhabited the peninsula from about 10,000 BC to 8000 BC – since the <a href="/wiki/Last_Glacial_Period" title="Last Glacial Period">last ice age</a>. </p><p>Recent research indicates that <a href="/wiki/Paleo-Indians" title="Paleo-Indians">Paleoamericans</a> inhabited Maryland during the <a href="/wiki/Pre-Clovis" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-Clovis">pre-Clovis</a> period (before 13,000 <a href="/wiki/Before_Present" title="Before Present">BP</a>). Miles Point, Oyster Cove, and Cator's Cove archaeological sites on the coastal plain of the Delmarva Peninsula help to document a pre-Clovis presence in the Middle Atlantic region. Thus, these sites suggest a human presence in the Middle Atlantic region during the <a href="/wiki/Last_Glacial_Maximum" title="Last Glacial Maximum">Last Glacial Maximum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1970 a stone tool (a <a href="/wiki/Biface" class="mw-redirect" title="Biface">biface</a>) said to resemble <a href="/wiki/Solutrean" title="Solutrean">Solutrean</a> stone tools was dredged up by the trawler <i>Cinmar</i> off the east coast of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> in an area that would have been dry land prior to the rising sea levels of the Pleistocene Epoch. The tool was allegedly found in the same dredge load that contained a <a href="/wiki/Mastodon" title="Mastodon">mastodon</a>'s remains. The mastodon tusks were later determined to be 22,000 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, studies conducted on nearby Parsons Island demonstrate that the stratigraphy of the region is disturbed.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition several archaeological sites on the Delmarva peninsula with suggestive (but not definitive) dating between 16,000 and 18,000 years have been discovered by Darrin Lowery of the University of Delaware. These factors led Stanford and Bradley to reiterate in 2014 their academic advocacy of pre-Clovis peoples in North America and their possible link to paleolithic Europeans.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lifestyles">Lifestyles</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Lifestyles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Native settlements relocated as natural conditions dictated. They set up villages – scattered groups of thatch houses and cultivated gardens – where conditions favored farming. In the spring they planted crops, which the women and children tended while the men hunted and fished. In the fall they harvested crops, storing food in baskets or underground pits. During the harsh winter, whole communities would move to hunting areas, seeking the deer, rabbit and other game that kept them alive until the spring fishing season. When the farmland around their villages became less productive – the inhabitants did not practice <a href="/wiki/Crop_rotation" title="Crop rotation">crop rotation</a> – the native people would abandon the site and move to another location.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Populations">Populations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Populations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The primary <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Indigenous peoples</a> of the ocean side of the lower peninsula prior to the arrival of Europeans were the <a href="/wiki/Assateague_people" title="Assateague people">Assateague</a>, including the Assateague, Transquakin, <a href="/wiki/Choptico" class="mw-redirect" title="Choptico">Choptico</a>, Moteawaughkin, Quequashkecaquick, Hatsawap, Wachetak, Marauqhquaick, and Manaskson. Their territories and populations ranged from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Charles,_Virginia" title="Cape Charles, Virginia">Cape Charles, Virginia</a>, to the <a href="/wiki/Indian_River_(Delaware)" title="Indian River (Delaware)">Indian River</a> inlet in Delaware.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The upper peninsula and the Chesapeake shore was the home of <a href="/wiki/Nanticoke_language" title="Nanticoke language">Nanticoke</a>-speaking people such as the <a href="/wiki/Nanticoke_people" title="Nanticoke people">Nentigo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Choptank_people" title="Choptank people">Choptank</a>. The Assateague and Nentigo made a number of <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaties</a> with the colony of Maryland, but the land was gradually taken and those treaties dissolved for the use of the colonists, and the native peoples of the peninsula assimilated into other <a href="/wiki/Algonquian_peoples" title="Algonquian peoples">Algonquian</a> tribes as far north as <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Currently, the peninsula is within the traditional territory of the <a href="/wiki/Piscataway_people" title="Piscataway people">Piscataway</a>, Nentego, and <a href="/wiki/Lenape" title="Lenape">Lenape</a> peoples.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonization">Colonization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Colonization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Feralpony.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Feralpony.jpg/220px-Feralpony.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Feralpony.jpg/330px-Feralpony.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Feralpony.jpg/440px-Feralpony.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>A feral pony of <a href="/wiki/Assateague_Island" title="Assateague Island">Assateague Island</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1566, an expedition sent from <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Florida" title="Spanish Florida">Spanish Florida</a> by <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s" title="Pedro Menéndez de Avilés">Pedro Menéndez de Avilés</a> reached the Delmarva Peninsula. The expedition consisted of two <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order">Dominican</a> friars, thirty soldiers and an indigenous Virginia boy, <a href="/wiki/Don_Luis" title="Don Luis">Don Luis</a>, in an effort to set up a Spanish colony in the Chesapeake. At the time, the Spanish believed the Chesapeake to be an opening to the fabled <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Passage" title="Northwest Passage">Northwest Passage</a>. However, a storm thwarted their attempts at establishing a colony.<sup id="cite_ref-Milanich1999_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Milanich1999-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The land that is currently Delaware was first colonized by the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company" title="Dutch West India Company">Dutch West India Company</a> in 1631 as <a href="/wiki/Zwaanendael_Colony" title="Zwaanendael Colony">Zwaanendael</a>. That colony lasted one year before a dispute with local Indians led to its destruction. In 1638, <a href="/wiki/New_Sweden" title="New Sweden">New Sweden</a> was established which colonized the northern part of the state, together with the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a>. Eventually, the Dutch, who had maintained that their claim to Delaware arose from the colony of 1631, recaptured Delaware and incorporated the colony into the Colony of <a href="/wiki/New_Netherland" title="New Netherland">New Netherland</a>. </p><p>However, shortly thereafter Delaware came under British control in 1664. <a href="/wiki/James_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="James I of England">James I of England</a> had granted Virginia 400 miles of Atlantic coast centered on <a href="/wiki/Cape_Comfort" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Comfort">Cape Comfort</a>, extending west to the Pacific Ocean to a company of colonists in a series of charters from 1606 to 1611. This included a piece of the peninsula. The land was transferred from the <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">Duke of York</a> to <a href="/wiki/William_Penn" title="William Penn">William Penn</a> in 1682 and was governed with <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>. The exact border was determined by the Chancery Court in 1735. In 1776, the counties of <a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Delaware" title="Kent County, Delaware">Kent</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_Delaware" title="Sussex County, Delaware">Sussex</a> declared their independence from Pennsylvania and entered the United States as the state of <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>. </p><p>In the 1632 Charter of Maryland, King <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I of England</a> granted "all that Part of the Peninsula, or Chersonese, lying in the Parts of America, between the Ocean on the East and the Bay of Chesapeake on the West, divided from the Residue thereof by a Right Line drawn from the Promontory, or Head-Land, called Watkin's Point, situate upon the Bay aforesaid, near the river Wigloo, on the West, unto the main Ocean on the East; and between that Boundary on the South, unto that Part of the Bay of Delaware on the North, which lieth under the Fortieth Degree of North Latitude from the Equinoctial, where New England is terminated" to <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Calvert,_2nd_Baron_Baltimore" title="Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore">Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore</a>, as the colony of Maryland. This would have included all of present-day <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>; however, a clause in the charter granted only that part of the peninsula that had not already been colonized by Europeans by 1632. Over a century later, it was decided in the case of <i><a href="/wiki/Penn_v_Lord_Baltimore" title="Penn v Lord Baltimore">Penn v Lord Baltimore</a></i> that, because the Dutch had colonized Zwaanendael in 1631, the portion of Maryland's charter granting Delaware to Maryland was void. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The peninsula was the premier location for <a href="/wiki/Truck_farming" class="mw-redirect" title="Truck farming">truck farming</a> of vegetables during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Though it has been largely eclipsed by California's production, the area still produces significant quantities of <a href="/wiki/Tomato" title="Tomato">tomatoes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bean" title="Bean">green beans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">corn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soybean" title="Soybean">soybeans</a>—<a href="/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Anne's County">Queen Anne's County</a> is the largest producer of soy beans in Maryland—and other popular vegetables. </p><p>The Eastern Shore is also known for its poultry farms, the most well-known of which is <a href="/wiki/Frank_Perdue" title="Frank Perdue">Perdue Farms</a>, founded in Salisbury. The <a href="/wiki/Delaware_(chicken)" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware (chicken)">Delaware</a> is a rare breed of chicken created on the peninsula. </p><p>Tourism is a major contributor to the peninsula's economy with the beaches at <a href="/wiki/Rehoboth_Beach,_Delaware" title="Rehoboth Beach, Delaware">Rehoboth Beach, Delaware</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ocean_City,_Maryland" title="Ocean City, Maryland">Ocean City, Maryland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assateague_Island_National_Seashore" title="Assateague Island National Seashore">Assateague Island National Seashore</a>, Maryland, and <a href="/wiki/Chincoteague_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge">Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge</a>, Virginia, being popular tourist destinations. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_University" title="Salisbury University">Salisbury University</a> also adds to the economic activity of the Delmarva, with an estimated $480 million in contribution impact. The University is the largest four year comprehensive on the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Maryland" title="Eastern Shore of Maryland">Eastern Shore</a>, and serves as the largest employer other than <a href="/wiki/Perdue_Farms" title="Perdue Farms">Perdue</a> supporting an estimated 3,200 jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area is served by four television markets. Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline and Talbot Counties in Maryland are primarily served by the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, Maryland, designated market area and stations <a href="/wiki/WBAL-TV" title="WBAL-TV">WBAL-TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/WJZ-TV" title="WJZ-TV">WJZ-TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/WMAR-TV" title="WMAR-TV">WMAR-TV</a> and <a href="/wiki/WBFF-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WBFF-TV">WBFF-TV</a>. New Castle and Kent Counties in Delaware are served by the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania, designated market area and stations <a href="/wiki/WPVI-TV" title="WPVI-TV">WPVI-TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/WCAU-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WCAU-TV">WCAU-TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/KYW-TV" title="KYW-TV">KYW-TV</a> and <a href="/wiki/WTXF-TV" title="WTXF-TV">WTXF-TV</a>. Sussex, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset Counties are served by the <a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">Salisbury, Maryland</a>, designated market area, the only based on the peninsula. These stations are <a href="/wiki/WBOC-TV" title="WBOC-TV">WBOC-TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/WMDT-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WMDT-TV">WMDT-TV</a>, and <a href="/wiki/WRDE-LD" title="WRDE-LD">WRDE-LD</a>. Accomack and Northampton Counties are primarily served by the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a>/<a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach</a> designated market area and stations <a href="/wiki/WAVY-TV" title="WAVY-TV">WAVY-TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/WVEC-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WVEC-TV">WVEC-TV</a> and <a href="/wiki/WTKR-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WTKR-TV">WTKR-TV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The peninsula has minor airports with few commercial carriers, as it is overshadowed by proximate major airports in Baltimore and Philadelphia. Its airports include <a href="/wiki/Wilmington_Airport_(Delaware)" title="Wilmington Airport (Delaware)">Wilmington Airport</a> southwest of Wilmington, Delaware, <a href="/wiki/Salisbury%E2%80%93Ocean_City%E2%80%93Wicomico_Regional_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Salisbury–Ocean City–Wicomico Regional Airport">Salisbury Regional Airport</a> to the southeast of Salisbury, Maryland, and <a href="/wiki/Dover_Air_Force_Base" title="Dover Air Force Base">Dover Air Force Base</a> to the southeast of Dover, Delaware. </p><p>Major north–south highways include <a href="/wiki/U.S._9" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. 9">U.S. 9</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._13" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. 13">U.S. 13</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._50" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. 50">U.S. 50</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._301" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. 301">U.S. 301</a>. Highways U.S. 50 and U.S. 301 run over the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge" title="Chesapeake Bay Bridge">Chesapeake Bay Bridge</a> on the western side of the peninsula. U.S. 13 at the southern limit of the peninsula connects through the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge%E2%80%93Tunnel" title="Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel">Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel</a> to the main part of Virginia. </p><p>Until 1957, the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania Railroad</a> provided service to the peninsula.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It ran the <i><a href="/wiki/Del-Mar-Va_Express" title="Del-Mar-Va Express">Del-Mar-Va Express</a></i> day train from New York City, through <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a>, Delmar, <a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">Salisbury</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pocomoke_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Pocomoke City">Pocomoke City</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Charles,_Virginia" title="Cape Charles, Virginia">Cape Charles, Virginia</a>, ferry docks and it ran the <i>Cavalier</i> counterpart night train. At that point, ferries ran to <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>. In earlier decades branches ran to <a href="/wiki/Centreville,_Maryland" title="Centreville, Maryland">Centreville, Maryland</a>; <a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Maryland" title="Oxford, Maryland">Oxford, Maryland</a>; <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Maryland" title="Cambridge, Maryland">Cambridge, Maryland</a>; Georgetown and <a href="/wiki/Lewes,_Delaware" title="Lewes, Delaware">Lewes, Delaware</a>; and to <a href="/wiki/Franklin_City,_Virginia" title="Franklin City, Virginia">Franklin City, Virginia</a>. Today, the <a href="/wiki/Delmarva_Central_Railroad" title="Delmarva Central Railroad">Delmarva Central Railroad</a> provides freight and tanker transportation on the peninsula.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 2em;background-color:#fdfdfd;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:both;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Maryland" title="Portal:Maryland">Maryland</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/21px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/32px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, 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of railroad lines in the Delmarva Peninsula">List of railroad lines in the Delmarva Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Unofficial_U.S._regions" title="List of regions of the United States">List of U.S. multistate regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallops_Flight_Facility" title="Wallops Flight Facility">Wallops Flight Facility</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delmarva_Peninsula&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_incorporated_places_in_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="List of incorporated places in Delaware">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arden,_Delaware" title="Arden, Delaware">Arden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardencroft,_Delaware" title="Ardencroft, Delaware">Ardencroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardentown,_Delaware" title="Ardentown, Delaware">Ardentown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellefonte,_Delaware" title="Bellefonte, Delaware">Bellefonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethany_Beach,_Delaware" title="Bethany Beach, Delaware">Bethany Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel,_Delaware" title="Bethel, Delaware">Bethel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blades,_Delaware" title="Blades, Delaware">Blades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowers,_Delaware" title="Bowers, Delaware">Bowers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgeville,_Delaware" title="Bridgeville, Delaware">Bridgeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden,_Delaware" title="Camden, Delaware">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheswold,_Delaware" title="Cheswold, Delaware">Cheswold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton,_Delaware" title="Clayton, Delaware">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagsboro,_Delaware" title="Dagsboro, Delaware">Dagsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delmar,_Delaware" title="Delmar, Delaware">Delmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dewey_Beach,_Delaware" title="Dewey Beach, Delaware">Dewey Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellendale,_Delaware" title="Ellendale, Delaware">Ellendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elsmere,_Delaware" title="Elsmere, Delaware">Elsmere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmington,_Delaware" title="Farmington, Delaware">Farmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felton,_Delaware" title="Felton, Delaware">Felton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenwick_Island,_Delaware" title="Fenwick Island, Delaware">Fenwick Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankford,_Delaware" title="Frankford, Delaware">Frankford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederica,_Delaware" title="Frederica, Delaware">Frederica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Delaware" title="Georgetown, Delaware">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood,_Delaware" title="Greenwood, Delaware">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartly,_Delaware" title="Hartly, Delaware">Hartly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henlopen_Acres,_Delaware" title="Henlopen Acres, Delaware">Henlopen Acres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Delaware" title="Houston, Delaware">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenton,_Delaware" title="Kenton, Delaware">Kenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel,_Delaware" title="Laurel, Delaware">Laurel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leipsic,_Delaware" title="Leipsic, Delaware">Leipsic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Creek,_Delaware" title="Little Creek, Delaware">Little Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnolia,_Delaware" title="Magnolia, Delaware">Magnolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown,_Delaware" title="Middletown, Delaware">Middletown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millsboro,_Delaware" title="Millsboro, Delaware">Millsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millville,_Delaware" title="Millville, Delaware">Millville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton,_Delaware" title="Milton, Delaware">Milton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Delaware" title="Newport, Delaware">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_View,_Delaware" title="Ocean View, Delaware">Ocean View</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odessa,_Delaware" title="Odessa, Delaware">Odessa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selbyville,_Delaware" title="Selbyville, Delaware">Selbyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slaughter_Beach,_Delaware" title="Slaughter Beach, Delaware">Slaughter Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smyrna,_Delaware" title="Smyrna, Delaware">Smyrna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Bethany,_Delaware" title="South Bethany, Delaware">South Bethany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Townsend,_Delaware" title="Townsend, Delaware">Townsend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viola,_Delaware" title="Viola, Delaware">Viola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodside,_Delaware" title="Woodside, Delaware">Woodside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming,_Delaware" title="Wyoming, Delaware">Wyoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#F3D161;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Delaware" title="List of counties in Delaware">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Delaware" title="Kent County, Delaware">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_Delaware" title="Sussex County, Delaware">Sussex</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#F3D161;"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/32px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/48px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Delaware.svg/64px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Delaware" title="Portal:Delaware">Delaware portal</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Maryland%27s_congressional_districts" title="Maryland's congressional districts">Congressional delegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maryland_congressional_districts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Maryland congressional districts">Congressional maps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Maryland" title="History of Maryland">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_Maryland" title="Category:Mass media in Maryland">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Maryland" title="List of newspapers in Maryland">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Maryland" title="List of radio stations in Maryland">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Maryland" title="List of television stations in Maryland">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Maryland" title="List of people from Maryland">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maryland_state_symbols" title="List of Maryland state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Maryland" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Maryland">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Maryland" title="Abortion in Maryland">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Maryland" title="African Americans in Maryland">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Maryland" title="Agriculture in Maryland">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Maryland" title="Climate change in Maryland">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Culture of Maryland">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Maryland" title="Crime in Maryland">Crime</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Mountains" title="Allegheny Mountains">Allegheny Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_coastal_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic coastal plain">Atlantic coastal plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Valley" title="Cumberland Valley">Cumberland Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Delmarva Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Maryland" title="Eastern Shore of Maryland">Eastern Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" title="Piedmont (United States)">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge and Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Maryland" title="Southern Maryland">Southern Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tidewater_(region)" title="Tidewater (region)">Tidewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington%E2%80%93Baltimore_combined_statistical_area" title="Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area">Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_metropolitan_area" title="Baltimore metropolitan area">Baltimore metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington metropolitan area</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Maryland" title="Western Maryland">Western Maryland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Maryland" title="List of municipalities in Maryland">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen,_Maryland" title="Aberdeen, Maryland">Aberdeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowie,_Maryland" title="Bowie, Maryland">Bowie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick,_Maryland" title="Brunswick, Maryland">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Maryland" title="Cambridge, Maryland">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Park,_Maryland" title="College Park, Maryland">College Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland,_Maryland" title="Cumberland, Maryland">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Maryland" title="Frederick, Maryland">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaithersburg,_Maryland" title="Gaithersburg, Maryland">Gaithersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenbelt,_Maryland" title="Greenbelt, Maryland">Greenbelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagerstown,_Maryland" title="Hagerstown, Maryland">Hagerstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havre_de_Grace,_Maryland" title="Havre de Grace, Maryland">Havre de Grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel,_Maryland" title="Laurel, Maryland">Laurel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pocomoke_City,_Maryland" title="Pocomoke City, Maryland">Pocomoke City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland" title="Rockville, Maryland">Rockville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takoma_Park,_Maryland" title="Takoma Park, Maryland">Takoma Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster,_Maryland" title="Westminster, Maryland">Westminster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Maryland" title="List of municipalities in Maryland">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bel_Air,_Harford_County,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland">Bel Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton,_Maryland" title="Denton, Maryland">Denton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton,_Maryland" title="Easton, Maryland">Easton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elkton,_Maryland" title="Elkton, Maryland">Elkton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonardtown,_Maryland" title="Leonardtown, Maryland">Leonardtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_City,_Maryland" title="Ocean City, Maryland">Ocean City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Deposit,_Maryland" title="Port Deposit, Maryland">Port Deposit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Marlboro,_Maryland" title="Upper Marlboro, Maryland">Upper Marlboro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_census-designated_places_in_Maryland" title="List of census-designated places in Maryland">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arbutus,_Maryland" title="Arbutus, Maryland">Arbutus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold,_Maryland" title="Arnold, Maryland">Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspen_Hill,_Maryland" title="Aspen Hill, Maryland">Aspen Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Highlands,_Maryland" title="Baltimore Highlands, Maryland">Baltimore Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Springs,_Maryland" title="Camp Springs, Maryland">Camp Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carney,_Maryland" title="Carney, Maryland">Carney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catonsville,_Maryland" title="Catonsville, Maryland">Catonsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chillum,_Maryland" title="Chillum, Maryland">Chillum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Maryland" title="Clinton, Maryland">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cockeysville,_Maryland" title="Cockeysville, Maryland">Cockeysville-Hunt Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colesville,_Maryland" title="Colesville, Maryland">Colesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_Maryland" title="Columbia, Maryland">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crofton,_Maryland" title="Crofton, Maryland">Crofton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundalk,_Maryland" title="Dundalk, Maryland">Dundalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgewood,_Maryland" title="Edgewood, Maryland">Edgewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldersburg,_Maryland" title="Eldersburg, Maryland">Eldersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elkridge,_Maryland" title="Elkridge, Maryland">Elkridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellicott_City,_Maryland" title="Ellicott City, Maryland">Ellicott City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex,_Maryland" title="Essex, Maryland">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairland,_Maryland" title="Fairland, Maryland">Fairland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferndale,_Maryland" title="Ferndale, Maryland">Ferndale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Washington,_Maryland" title="Fort Washington, Maryland">Fort Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Maryland" title="Germantown, Maryland">Germantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Burnie,_Maryland" title="Glen Burnie, Maryland">Glen Burnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Haven,_Maryland" title="Green Haven, Maryland">Green Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillcrest_Heights,_Maryland" title="Hillcrest Heights, Maryland">Hillcrest Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langley_Park,_Maryland" title="Langley Park, Maryland">Langley Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanham,_Maryland" title="Lanham, Maryland">Lanham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lansdowne,_Maryland" title="Lansdowne, Maryland">Lansdowne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochearn,_Maryland" title="Lochearn, Maryland">Lochearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutherville,_Maryland" title="Lutherville, Maryland">Lutherville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_River,_Maryland" title="Middle River, Maryland">Middle River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford_Mill,_Maryland" title="Milford Mill, Maryland">Milford Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Village,_Maryland" title="Montgomery Village, Maryland">Montgomery Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odenton,_Maryland" title="Odenton, Maryland">Odenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olney,_Maryland" title="Olney, Maryland">Olney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owings_Mills,_Maryland" title="Owings Mills, Maryland">Owings Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxon_Hill,_Maryland" title="Oxon Hill, Maryland">Oxon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkville,_Maryland" title="Parkville, Maryland">Parkville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_Maryland" title="Pasadena, Maryland">Pasadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Hall,_Maryland" title="Perry Hall, Maryland">Perry Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pikesville,_Maryland" title="Pikesville, Maryland">Pikesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potomac,_Maryland" title="Potomac, Maryland">Potomac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randallstown,_Maryland" title="Randallstown, Maryland">Randallstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redland,_Maryland" title="Redland, Maryland">Redland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reisterstown,_Maryland" title="Reisterstown, Maryland">Reisterstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosedale,_Maryland" title="Rosedale, Maryland">Rosedale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Charles,_Maryland" title="St. Charles, Maryland">St. Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severn,_Maryland" title="Severn, Maryland">Severn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severna_Park,_Maryland" title="Severna Park, Maryland">Severna Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gate,_Maryland" title="South Gate, Maryland">South Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suitland,_Maryland" title="Suitland, Maryland">Suitland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timonium,_Maryland" title="Timonium, Maryland">Timonium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Towson,_Maryland" title="Towson, Maryland">Towson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Maryland" title="Urbana, Maryland">Urbana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldorf,_Maryland" title="Waldorf, Maryland">Waldorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheaton%E2%80%93Glenmont,_Maryland" title="Wheaton–Glenmont, Maryland">Wheaton-Glenmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Oak,_Maryland" title="White Oak, Maryland">White Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodlawn,_Baltimore_County,_Maryland" title="Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland">Woodlawn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Maryland" title="List of counties 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title="Dorchester County, Maryland">Dorchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Maryland" title="Frederick County, Maryland">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrett_County,_Maryland" title="Garrett County, Maryland">Garrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harford_County,_Maryland" title="Harford County, Maryland">Harford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_County,_Maryland" title="Howard County, Maryland">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Maryland" title="Kent County, Maryland">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Prince George's County, Maryland">Prince George's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Queen Anne's County, Maryland">Queen Anne's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_County,_Maryland" title="St. Mary's County, Maryland">St. Mary's</a></li> <li><a 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Virginia-related articles">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Virginia" title="Outline of Virginia">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Virginia" title="Administrative divisions of Virginia">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Virginia" title="Climate of Virginia">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Colony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_congressional_districts" title="Virginia's congressional districts">Congressional districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Virginia" title="United States congressional delegations from Virginia">Delegations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from Virginia">Senators</a></li> <li><a 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Virginia">Slavery</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Virginia">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_in_Virginia" title="Housing in Virginia">Housing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Virginia" title="Law of Virginia">Law</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Virginia" title="Gun laws in Virginia">Gun laws in Virginia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Virginia">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Virginia" title="Music of Virginia">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Virginia" title="List of people from Virginia">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights" title="Virginia Declaration of Rights">Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Virginia" title="List of rivers of Virginia">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scouting_in_Virginia" title="Scouting in Virginia">Scouting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_is_for_Lovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia is for Lovers">Slogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_teams_in_Virginia" title="Sports teams in Virginia">Sports teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Fair_of_Virginia" title="State Fair of Virginia">State Fair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Virginia_state_parks" title="List of Virginia state parks">State parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Virginia_state_symbols" title="List of Virginia state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Virginia" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Virginia">Tourist attractions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Virginia" title="Transportation in Virginia">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_tribes_in_Virginia" title="Native American tribes in Virginia">Tribes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Virginia" title="Culture of Virginia">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Virginia" title="Abortion in Virginia">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Virginia" title="Crime in Virginia">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Virginia" title="Demographics of Virginia">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Virginia" title="Economy of Virginia">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Virginia" title="Education in Virginia">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Virginia" title="List of colleges and universities in Virginia">Colleges and universities</a></li></ul></li> <li>Media <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Virginia" title="List of newspapers in Virginia">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Virginia" title="List of radio stations in Virginia">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Virginia" title="List of television stations in Virginia">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Virginia" title="Politics of Virginia">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Virginia" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Mountains" title="Allegheny Mountains">Allegheny Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_coastal_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic coastal plain">Atlantic Coastal Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Delmarva Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Virginia" title="Eastern Shore of Virginia">Eastern Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Peninsula" title="Middle Peninsula">Middle Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Neck" title="Northern Neck">Northern Neck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Virginia" title="Northern Virginia">Northern Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_region_of_Virginia" title="Piedmont region of Virginia">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Hampton_Roads" title="South Hampton Roads">South Hampton Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southside_(Virginia)" title="Southside (Virginia)">Southside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Virginia" title="Southwest Virginia">Southwest Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tidewater_(region)" title="Tidewater (region)">Tidewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities,_Virginia" title="Tri-Cities, Virginia">Tri-Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Peninsula" title="Virginia Peninsula">Virginia Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Virginia" title="Western Virginia">Western Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_statistical_areas" title="Virginia statistical areas">Metro areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blacksburg%E2%80%93Christiansburg_metropolitan_area" title="Blacksburg–Christiansburg metropolitan area">Blacksburg-Christiansburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_micropolitan_area" title="Bluefield micropolitan area">Bluefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport%E2%80%93Bristol%E2%80%93Bristol,_Tennessee-Virginia_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlottesville,_Virginia_metropolitan_area" title="Charlottesville, Virginia metropolitan area">Charlottesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Virginia_micropolitan_area" title="Danville, Virginia micropolitan area">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisonburg_metropolitan_area" title="Harrisonburg metropolitan area">Harrisonburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynchburg_metropolitan_area" title="Lynchburg metropolitan area">Lynchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsville,_Virginia_micropolitan_area" title="Martinsville, Virginia micropolitan area">Martinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Richmond_Region" title="Greater Richmond Region">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_metropolitan_area" title="Roanoke metropolitan area">Roanoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staunton%E2%80%93Waynesboro_metropolitan_area" title="Staunton–Waynesboro metropolitan area">Staunton-Waynesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington-Arlington-Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_VA%E2%80%93WV_MSA" title="Winchester, VA–WV MSA">Winchester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_counties_in_Virginia" title="List of cities and counties in Virginia">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accomack_County,_Virginia" title="Accomack County, Virginia">Accomack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albemarle_County,_Virginia" title="Albemarle County, Virginia">Albemarle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alleghany_County,_Virginia" title="Alleghany County, Virginia">Alleghany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amelia_County,_Virginia" title="Amelia County, Virginia">Amelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst_County,_Virginia" title="Amherst County, Virginia">Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appomattox_County,_Virginia" title="Appomattox County, Virginia">Appomattox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augusta_County,_Virginia" title="Augusta County, Virginia">Augusta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_County,_Virginia" title="Bath County, Virginia">Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Virginia" title="Bedford County, Virginia">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bland_County,_Virginia" title="Bland County, Virginia">Bland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botetourt_County,_Virginia" title="Botetourt County, Virginia">Botetourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_County,_Virginia" title="Brunswick County, Virginia">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchanan_County,_Virginia" title="Buchanan County, Virginia">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckingham_County,_Virginia" title="Buckingham County, Virginia">Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Virginia" title="Campbell County, Virginia">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_County,_Virginia" title="Caroline County, Virginia">Caroline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Virginia" title="Carroll County, Virginia">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_City_County,_Virginia" title="Charles City County, Virginia">Charles City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_County,_Virginia" title="Charlotte County, Virginia">Charlotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_County,_Virginia" title="Chesterfield County, Virginia">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Virginia" title="Clarke County, Virginia">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_County,_Virginia" title="Craig County, Virginia">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culpeper_County,_Virginia" title="Culpeper County, Virginia">Culpeper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Virginia" title="Cumberland County, Virginia">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickenson_County,_Virginia" title="Dickenson County, Virginia">Dickenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinwiddie_County,_Virginia" title="Dinwiddie County, Virginia">Dinwiddie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_Virginia" title="Essex County, Virginia">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_County,_Virginia" title="Fairfax County, Virginia">Fairfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauquier_County,_Virginia" title="Fauquier County, Virginia">Fauquier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Virginia" title="Floyd County, Virginia">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fluvanna_County,_Virginia" title="Fluvanna County, Virginia">Fluvanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Virginia" title="Franklin County, Virginia">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Virginia" title="Frederick County, Virginia">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giles_County,_Virginia" title="Giles County, Virginia">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_County,_Virginia" title="Gloucester County, Virginia">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goochland_County,_Virginia" title="Goochland County, Virginia">Goochland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson_County,_Virginia" title="Grayson County, Virginia">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Virginia" title="Greene County, Virginia">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensville_County,_Virginia" title="Greensville County, Virginia">Greensville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_County,_Virginia" title="Halifax County, Virginia">Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover_County,_Virginia" title="Hanover County, Virginia">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Virginia" title="Henry County, Virginia">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Highland County, Virginia">Highland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_County,_Virginia" title="Isle of Wight County, Virginia">Isle of Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_City_County,_Virginia" title="James City County, Virginia">James City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_and_Queen_County,_Virginia" title="King and Queen County, Virginia">King and Queen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_County,_Virginia" title="King George County, Virginia">King George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_William_County,_Virginia" title="King William County, Virginia">King William</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_Virginia" title="Lancaster County, Virginia">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Virginia" title="Lee County, Virginia">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loudoun_County,_Virginia" title="Loudoun County, Virginia">Loudoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisa_County,_Virginia" title="Louisa County, Virginia">Louisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunenburg_County,_Virginia" title="Lunenburg County, Virginia">Lunenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Virginia" title="Madison County, Virginia">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathews_County,_Virginia" title="Mathews County, Virginia">Mathews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_Virginia" title="Mecklenburg County, Virginia">Mecklenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_Virginia" title="Middlesex County, Virginia">Middlesex</a></li> 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