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(866) 595-3792 Toll Free From everyone at NewMarket Services Welcome to Wilmington! 6 ] Wilmington Information Guide www.newmarketservices.com Wilmington Information Guide [ Volume 11 [ Number 10 LOCAL INFORMATION The State of Delaware 8 National Health Organization Phone Numbers 12 Area Codes, Important Phone Numbers 13 Travel Information 14-15 About Wilmington 9 Historical Background 10 Neighborhoods 11 Weather 11 Publisher: NewMarket Services, Inc. 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Selecting a Contractor 60 Banking & Mortgage Information 61 In preparing this publication, every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of BUSINESS DIRECTORY the information contained herein, but Business Directory Listings 65 authenticity cannot be guaranteed. Listings are subject to omission, error or change without notice. All material in this publication is copyright protected and can only be reprinted with permission of the publisher. Wilmington Information Guide [ 7 THE STATE OF DELAWARE The Eastern Algonquin tribes called Delaware home before the area was settled by Europeans. The Dutch and Swedish were the first to settle in the area, but their tenure was short lived. The British Philadelphia soon took the area over, and Delaware was part of Pennsylvania for PA NJ a short time. During the Revolutionary War, the state was generally controlled by the British. The state was the first to ratify the US Constitution, hence its nickname of “the first state.” During the Civil War, Delaware remained part of the Union despite being a slave Baltimore state, though the percentage of the population with slaves was small, and most of the northern part of the state was heavily MD Wilmington influenced by the Quakers anti-slavery stance. During the Civil War DL and then the World Wars, industry in the state became increasingly concentrated around manufacturing and chemical production. Atlantic Ocean Chemical and pharmaceutical companies still play a major role in Washington DC the state’s economy, as does banking and insurance. The state VA passed legislation removing many of the restrictions on the interest rates banks can charge customers in the 1980s, which made the Richmond area a haven for many big banks. Also, Dover Air Force Base is a major employer in the state. It’s one of the largest bases in the country, and serves as an entry point and mortuary for military personnel that die overseas. he state of Delaware is located in the northern park of the The climate in Delaware is heavily moderated by the Atlantic mid-Atlantic region of the United States along the Atlantic Ocean. The southern portion of the state is a little milder and more Ocean. It’s about midway between New York City and T agriculturally based. Still, temperatures are very mild in general, the Washington, DC (120 miles to each). The state is the second average low in January is in the 20s and the average high in August smallest behind only Rhode Island in terms of area and covers is in the 80s. The state gets about 44 inches of precipitation a year. 2,491 square miles. It’s only 100 miles long and 30 miles wide, so Delaware has generally low tax rates. It has 6 income tax anywhere in the state is easily accessible in a few hours’ drive. Its brackets between 2.2 and 5.95%, and doesn’t charge customers population was 783,600 in the 2000 census, ranking it 45th in the sales tax.