Newark is a
cityA city is a relatively large and permanent settlement, particularly a large urban settlement. Although there is no agreement on technical definitions distinguishing a city from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status...
in
New Castle CountyNew Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2000 its population was 500,265. The county seat is Wilmington. The center of population of Delaware is located in New Castle County, in the town of Townsend...
,
DelawareDelaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom Cape Henlopen was originally named.Delaware is located in...
, USA, 12 miles (19 km) west-southwest of
WilmingtonWilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...
. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 30,060. Newark is the home of the
University of DelawareThe University of Delaware is the largest university in Delaware. The main campus is in Newark, with satellite campuses in Dover, Wilmington, Lewes and Georgetown. It is medium-sized – approximately 16,000 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students...
.
Newark is (with a broad A, as in "Noah's Ark"), in contrast to or for
Newark, New JerseyBrick City redirects here. For the township in Ocean County, see Brick Township, New Jersey.Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, and the county seat of Essex County. Newark has a population of 281,402, making it the largest municipality in New Jersey and the 65th largest city in the U.S...
.
History
Newark was founded by Scots-Irish and
WelshWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It is also an elective region of the European Union...
settlers in 1694. The town was officially established when it received a charter from
George II of Great BritainGeorge II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death....
in 1758.
Schools have played a significant role in the history of Newark. A
grammar schoolA grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally schools teaching classical languages but more recently academically-oriented types of secondary school.The original purpose of...
, founded by
Francis AlisonFrancis Alison was a leading minister in the Synod of Philadelphia during The Old Side-New Side Controversy-Early life and education:...
in 1743, moved from New London,
PennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a state located in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States...
to Newark in 1765, becoming the Newark Academy. Among the first graduates of the school were three signers of the Declaration of Independence:
George ReadGeorge Read was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware, and a member of the...
,
Thomas McKeanThomas McKean was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and served as a President...
, and
James SmithJames Smith , was a signer to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania....
.
During the Revolutionary War, British and American forces clashed outside Newark at
Battle of Cooch’s BridgeCooch’s Bridge, located at Old Baltimore Pike, Newark, Delaware, is the site of the historic Battle of Cooch’s Bridge.-Battle of Cooch's Bridge:Fought on September 3, 1777, the Battle of Cooch's Bridge has two principal distinctions...
. Tradition holds that the Battle of Cooch's Bridge was the first time that the Stars and Stripes was flown in battle.
The state granted a charter to a new school in 1833, which was called Newark College. Newark Academy and Newark College joined together in the following year, becoming Delaware College. The school was forced to close in 1859, but was resuscitated eleven years later under the
Morrill ActThe Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges, including the Morrill Act of 1862 and the Morrill Act of 1890...
when it became a joint venture between the State of Delaware and the school's Board of Trustees. In 1913, pursuant to
legislativeLegislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it. The term may refer to a single law, or the collective body of enacted law, while "statute" is also used to refer to a single law...
Act, Delaware College came into sole ownership of the State of Delaware. The school would be renamed the
University of DelawareThe University of Delaware is the largest university in Delaware. The main campus is in Newark, with satellite campuses in Dover, Wilmington, Lewes and Georgetown. It is medium-sized – approximately 16,000 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students...
in 1921.
Newark received a license from King George II to hold semi-annual fairs and weekly markets for
agriculturalAgriculture is the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of human civilization, with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and...
exchange in 1758. A
paperPaper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or for packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
mill, the first sizable industrial venture in Newark, was created around 1798. This mill, eventually known as the Curtis Paper Mill, was the oldest paper mill in the United States until its closing in 1997. Methodists built the first church in 1812 and the railroad arrived in 1837.
Geography
Newark is located at (39.679111, -75.758040).
According to the
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, the city has a total area of 8.9 square miles (23.1 km²), all of it land. Originally surrounded by
farmA farm is an area of land, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibers and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single individual, family, community, corporation...
land, Newark is now surrounded by
housing developmentsHousing developments are structured building development of residential properties. Popular throughout the US and UK, these are often faceless, characterless areas of high density, low impact residences of single family homes....
in some directions, although farmland remains just over the state lines in
MarylandMaryland is a state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east. It is comparable in size to the European country of Belgium. According to the U.S...
and Pennsylvania. To the north and west are small
hillA hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain, in a limited area. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of scarp slope without a well-defined summit A hill is a landform that extends above the...
s, but south and east of the city, the land is flat (part of Newark falls in the Piedmont geological region and part of the city is in the Coastal Plain geological region, as is the majority of the land in the State of Delaware).
Despite the fact that Newark is located roughly halfway between Philadelphia (approximately 45 miles away) and Baltimore (approximately 55 miles away) and is part of densely populated
New Castle CountyNew Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2000 its population was 500,265. The county seat is Wilmington. The center of population of Delaware is located in New Castle County, in the town of Townsend...
, there is a large amount of public parkland surrounding the city. To the south is Iron Hill Park (part of the New Castle County Park System), to the west (in
Cecil County, MarylandCecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is part of the Delaware Valley. It was named for Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , who was the first Proprietary Governor of the colony of Maryland from 1632 until his death in 1675. The county seat is Elkton. The newspaper...
) is Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area, and to the North is White Clay Creek State Park and White Clay Creek Preserve (in
Chester County, PennsylvaniaChester County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2000, the population was 433,501. The county seat is West Chester...
). Also nearby is Middle Run Natural Area, which is part of the New Castle County Park System. These parks provide ample hiking, mountain biking, and horse back riding opportunities. White Clay Creek State Park and Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area comprise land formerly owned by the
DuPontE. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont or Du Pont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont is currently the world's second largest chemical company in terms of market capitalization and...
family that was later ceded to the states of Delaware and Maryland, respectively.
Demographics
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 28,547 people, 8,989 households, and 4,494 families residing in the city. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 3,198.6 people per square mile (1,235.7/km²). There were 9,294 housing units at an average density of 1,041.4/sq mi (402.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.29% Caucasian, 6.00% African American, 0.16% Native American, 4.07% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.86% from
other racesRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 1.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.53% of the population. 16.8% were of
IrishIrish Americans are citizens of the United States who trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,495,800 Americans reported Irish ancestry in the 2006 American Community Survey. The only self-reported ancestral group larger than Irish Americans are German Americans...
, 13.5%
ItalianThe Italian people are an ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common Italian culture, descent, and speaking the Italian language as a mother tongue...
, 13.4% German, 10.2%
EnglishThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
and 5.1% Polish ancestry according to Census 2000.
Of the 8,989 households, 20.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.5% were
married couplesMarriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged by a variety of ways, depending on the culture or demographic...
living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.0% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the city the population was spread out with 12.5% under the age of 18, 43.6% from 18 to 24, 19.8% from 25 to 44, 14.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The
medianIn probability theory and statistics, a median is described as the number separating the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest...
age was 23 years. For every 100 females there were 85.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.3 males.
The median household income was $48,758, and the median family income was $75,188. Males had a median income of $45,813 versus $33,165 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the city was $20,376. About 4.1% of families and 20.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.0% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.
Public and Private Primary and Secondary Schools
Public education in Newark is managed by the
Christina School DistrictThe Christina School District is a public school district located in Wilmington, Delaware. It is the largest public school system in Delaware.- Controversy :The District has been criticized for its strict interpretation of its “no weapons“ policy...
and the
New Castle County Vocational-Technical School DistrictNew Castle County Vocational-Technical School District is a public vocational-technical school district serving New Castle County, Delaware. Each year, one-fourth of all eighth-grade students attending New Castle County public schools apply for admission to a vo-tech high school...
. The Christina School distirct manages public education for Newark and environs and parts of
Wilmington, DelawareWilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...
.
Christin School District schools located within the city limits are:
- Newark High School
Newark High School is a public high school in Newark, Delaware and is one of three high schools within the Christina School District. As of the 2006-2007 school year it had an enrollment of 1,607 students attending grades nine through twelve....
: the third largest public high school in the state. It has served the community since 1893.
- Downes Elementary School (grades K through 5)
- McVey Elementary School (grades K through 5)
- West Park Place Elementary School (grades K through 5)
Newark Charter SchoolNewark Charter School is a public charter school located in Newark, Delaware. and serves children in grades K through 8. As of September 2009, 1286 students were enrolled in the school. Newark Charter School is located at 2001 Patriot Way, Newark, DE 19720 ....
(grades K through 8) is state-charterd school located in Newark.
Newark is also home to a private Democratic Free School,
The New School, that serves all ages of students, including those of traditional high school age.
University of Delaware
Newark is home to the
University of DelawareThe University of Delaware is the largest university in Delaware. The main campus is in Newark, with satellite campuses in Dover, Wilmington, Lewes and Georgetown. It is medium-sized – approximately 16,000 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students...
(UD). The school has programs in a broad range of subjects, but is proably best know for its
businessBusiness education involves teaching students the fundamentals, theories, and processes of business. Education in this field occurs at several levels, including secondary education and higher education or university education, with the greatest activity in the latter...
,
chemical engineeringChemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science , and life sciences with mathematics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
,
chemistryChemistry is the science concerned with the composition, behavior, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions...
and
biochemistryBiochemistry is the study of the chemical processes in living organisms. It deals with the structure and function of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules....
programs, drawing from the historically strong presence of the nation's chemical and pharmaceutical industries in the state of Delaware. In 2006, UD's
engineeringEngineering is the discipline, art and profession of acquiring and applying technical, scientific and mathematical knowledge to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and processes that safely realize a desired objective or inventions.The American Engineers' Council...
program was ranked number 10 in the nation by
The Princeton ReviewThe Princeton Review is an American educational preparation company. It offers test preparation for standardized aptitude tests such as the SAT and advice regarding college admissions. Approximately 70% of the company's revenue comes from test preparation. The company was founded in 1981 by John...
. UD offers 23 varsity sports, which compete in the NCAA Division-I (FCS for football). The athletic teams at Delaware are known as the
Fightin'YoUDee is the mascot of the University of Delaware. He is a "fighting Blue Hen" and is named after the state bird of Delaware. According to the University of Delaware, YoUDee's colors are Gold and Blue because his great-great-great-grandfather was awarded the Gold Medal for Valor during the...
Blue Hens. Newark is a recognized center of US and international figure skating, mostly due to the many national, world, and Olympic champions (including many foreign nationals) that have trained at the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club (an independent club operating within UD facilities) and at The Pond Ice Rink. In 2008, based largely on the performance of the Fightin' Blue Hens play in the 2007 football season,
Sporting News ranked Newark 186 in its list of the 400 Best Sports Cities. UD has an active ROTC program
http://www.goarmy.com/rotc/edu/univde/index.htm.
Transportation
Several highways pass through the Newark area.
Interstate 95In Delaware, Interstate 95 runs diagonally from the border with Pennsylvania in northeast to the border with Maryland. Between the Maryland state line and exit 5, I-95 is also designated as the Delaware Turnpike and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway. Along with its auxiliaries, I-95 is the...
, the main interstate highway through the northeast urban seaboard corridor, passes to the south of Newark on the tolled
Delaware TurnpikeThe Delaware Turnpike also known as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highwayis an 11.2 mile tolled highway that lies entirely within the State of Delaware. Running in a general southwest to northeast direction, paralleling nearby U.S. Route 40, the highway connects the cities of Baltimore and...
. Delaware Route 896 serves as the main north-south route through the Newark area, interchanging with
I-95In Delaware, Interstate 95 runs diagonally from the border with Pennsylvania in northeast to the border with Maryland. Between the Maryland state line and exit 5, I-95 is also designated as the Delaware Turnpike and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway. Along with its auxiliaries, I-95 is the...
to the south and continuing north through the city, bypassing the University of Delaware campus to the west. Major east–west highways through the Newark area include Delaware Route 273, which passes through the heart of Newark, Delaware Route 2 (Kirkwood Highway), which bypasses the city to the south on the Christina Parkway and to the east on
Delaware Route 72Delaware Route 72 is a state highway located in New Castle County, Delaware. The route runs from Delaware Route 9 near Delaware City to Delaware Route 7 in Pike Creek.-Route description:...
, with
Delaware Route 2 BusinessDelaware Route 2 Business is a business route of Delaware Route 2 that runs through Newark, Delaware. It was originally part of Delaware Route 2 until it was rerouted to follow the Christina Parkway south of Newark and Delaware Route 72 east of Newark...
passing through the city, and
Delaware Route 4Delaware Route 4 is a state highway in New Castle County, Delaware. The route runs from Delaware Route 2 and Delaware Route 896 in Newark east to Delaware Route 48 in downtown Wilmington.-Route description:...
, which also bypasses Newark to the south on the Christina Parkway.
The closest
airportAn airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
to Newark is the New Castle County Airport in
New CastleNew Castle is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, six miles south of Wilmington, situated on the Delaware River, at the head of Delaware Bay. In 1900, 3,380 people lived here; in 1910, 3,351...
. There is no regularly scheduled commercial air service at this airport. The nearest airport to Newark with commercial air service is the
Philadelphia International AirportPhiladelphia International Airport is an airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is the largest airport in the Delaware Valley region and in Pennsylvania. As of 2008 it is the 11th busiest airport in the world in terms of aircraft activity...
in
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the sixth-most-populous city in the United States.In 2008, the population of the city proper was estimated to be over 1.4 million, while the metropolitan area's population of 5.8 million made it the country's fifth-largest...
.
Newark has a
Rail StationNewark Station is a station in Newark, Delaware on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, serving Amtrak Northeast Regional trains and SEPTA R2 Regional Rail trains. Newark is the southern terminus of the R2's weekday service; SEPTA does not serve the station on weekends. Like all stations in Delaware,...
(
Map, via Google Maps) located to the south of downtown near the University of Delaware campus that is serviced by both SEPTA and
AMTRAKThe National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a blend of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union Station...
on the
Northeast CorridorThe Northeast Corridor is the busiest passenger rail line in the United States by ridership and service frequency. The route is fully electrified and serves a densely urbanized string of cities from Washington, D.C., in the south through Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Trenton, Newark, New...
. Newark is the last stop on the
R2 (SEPTA)The R2 is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail system in the Philadelphia area. The Pennsylvania Railroad end of the route has service to Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, Wilmington, Delaware, and Newark, Delaware via Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, while the Reading Company end has service to...
line, one of the farthest points out on the system. SEPTA service to Newark involves 4 trains in both directions during the morning and evening rush hours, weekdays only. There is limited AMTRAK service in Newark with one train per day in each direction. Newark is also served by two
freight railroadsA freight train or goods train is a group of freight cars or goods wagons hauled by a locomotive on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain...
: Norfolk Southern, which provides freight service on the Northeast Corridor line, and CSX, which passes through the northern part of Newark.
Newark is served by
DART First StateThe Delaware Transit Corporation, trading as DART First State is the primary public transportation system that operates throughout Delaware, USA...
busA bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus seats a maximum of 8 to 300 passengers...
es, routes #6, 16, 33, 34, and 65, providing service to
WilmingtonWilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...
, the
Christiana MallChristiana Mall is a super-regional mid-range/upscale shopping mall near Newark, Delaware, United States. The mall is near an exit off Interstate 95 close to the center of the BosWash megalopolis. The mall's anchor stores are Macy's, J. C. Penney, and Nordstrom , as well as more than 130 other stores...
, and
Elkton, MDElkton is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,893 as of the 2000 census and 14,842 according to current July 2008 census estimates. It is the county seat of Cecil County...
. Most routes travel through the university campus and also stop at the rail station. There is also a Unicity bus, run jointly through the city and the University, free for everyone to ride, which acts as a community circulator. The University of Delaware also operates a bus system, available and free to all students and those associated with the university.
Notable residents, past and present
- L. Heisler Ball
Dr. Lewis Heisler Ball was an American physician and politician from Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, near Stanton. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware and two terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware...
, former U.S. Senator
- Rebecca Bledsoe
Rebecca Bledsoe was Miss Delaware 2005 and a Non-Finalist Talent Award winner at the Miss America 2006 pageant. Becky attended Middletown High School in Middletown, Delaware and is a 2004 graduate of the University of Delaware with a degree in English...
, Miss DelawareThe Miss Delaware competition is the pageant that selects the representative of Delaware in the Miss America pageant. The event takes place annually in the month of June and is currently held in the state capital of Dover, Delaware at the Dover Downs Hotel and Casino...
2005
- Nicole Bosso
Nicole Bosso is a beauty queen from Newark, Delaware and a contestant in the Miss USA pageant in 2007.Bosso won the Miss Delaware USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in Dover in November 2006...
, Miss Delaware USAThe Miss Delaware USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Delaware in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Investments.Delaware is the only state never to place or receive an award at Miss USA....
2006 and reality television participant
- David P. Buckson
David Penrose Buckson is an American lawyer and politician from Camden, in Kent County, Delaware. He is a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party, who served as Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, Governor of Delaware and Attorney General of Delaware.-Early life and...
, former Lt. Governor, Attorney General
- Ken Burns
Kenneth Lauren "Ken" Burns is an American director and producer of documentary films known for his style of making use of archival footage and photographs...
, filmmaker
- Vincenza Carrieri-Russo
Vincenza Carrieri-Russo is a pageant titleholder from Newark, Delaware who competed in the Miss USA pageant in April 2008....
, Miss Delaware USAThe Miss Delaware USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Delaware in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Investments.Delaware is the only state never to place or receive an award at Miss USA....
2008,Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Jefferson Award winner
- Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the ska, rocksteady and reggae bands The Wailers and Bob Marley & The Wailers...
, reggae musician
- Christopher A. Coons
Christopher A. Coons is an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware and is the County Executive of New Castle County.-Early life and family:...
, politician
- Tarzan Cooper
Charles "Tarzan" Cooper was an American professional basketball player. He is mostly known for his time with the New York Renaissance ....
, professional basketball player
- Harry Coover
Harry Coover invented cyanoacrylate glue, commonly known as Super Glue or Eastman 910.-Biography:...
, inventor
- Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s.Douglas hailed from Newark, Delaware. Early in his career, he held the position of club pro at the Newark Country Club from 1940 until October 1942. After World War II, he joined the PGA Tour...
, golfer
- Scott Brunner, former NFL quarterback
- Jeff Komlo
William Jeffrey "Jeff" Komlo was a former professional American football quarterback who played for the Detroit Lions, the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.-Football career:...
, former NFL quarterback and fugitive
- Joe Flacco
Joseph Vincent Flacco is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Delaware. He was the first-round draft pick by the Ravens, 18th overall in the 2008 NFL Draft...
, Baltimore RavensThe Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. They compete in the AFC North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
quarterback
- Rich Gannon
Richard Joseph Gannon is a former football quarterback, who achieved most of his success late in his career with the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League...
, former NFL quarterback
- Andy Hall (football), Austin Wranglers
The Austin Wranglers were an American football team from Austin, Texas in the arenafootball2. They began play as a 2004 expansion team in the Arena Football League.-History:...
quarterback
- Bernard Hopkins
Bernard Hopkins, known as the Executioner is an American boxer. He is best known for his ten year reign as middleweight world champion in which he successfully defended his title a record 20 times. He is the first fighter to retain all 4 major boxing governing body belts including the Ring...
, boxer
- Richard Howell
Richard Howell was Governor of New Jersey from 1794 to 1801.Howell was born in Newark, Delaware. He was a lawyer and soldier of the early United States Army. He served as captain and later major of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment from 1775 to 1779. He was offered the role of judge advocate of the...
, former Governor
- K. C. Keeler
Kurt Charles Keeler , known as K.C. Keeler, is the current head football coach at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, in the United States.-High school and collegiate career:...
, Univeristy of Delawarefootball coach
- Judith LeClair
Judith LeClair , from Newark, Delaware, is an American bassoonist.She has been the principal bassoon in the New York Philharmonic since 1981 and on the faculty at the Juilliard School since 1985, LeClair began studying the instrument at age 11 and began her professional career at the age of 15 in a...
, musician
- Jack A. Markell
Jack A. Markell is an American businessman and politician from Centerville, in New Castle County, Delaware. He is a member of the Democratic Party who served as State Treasurer of Delaware and is the current Governor of Delaware...
, State Governor
- Kimmie Meisner, Olympic ice skater
- Kevin Mench
Kevin Ford Mench is a professional baseball outfielder currently playing for the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.-High school and college career:...
, Professional Baseball Player
- Jeff Otah
Jeffrey C. Otah is an American football offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Panthers 19th overall in the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Pittsburgh....
, Carolina PanthersThe Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, representing North Carolina and South Carolina in the National Football League. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
tackle
- Ben Patrick
Ben Patrick tight end for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Cardinals in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Duke and Delaware.-Early years:Patrick attended Herschel V...
, Arizona CardinalsThe Arizona Cardinals are a professional American Football team based in Glendale, Arizona. The Cardinals are members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Cardinals were founded in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional...
tight end
- Shoha Parekh
Shoha has been pursuing a career in acting and in 2006 appeared in her first film as an Echo Company worker in the movie Annapolis .-External links:Miss Delaware Website: http://www.missdelaware.org/shohaparekh.htmAnnapolis on IMDB:...
, actress and Miss DelawareThe Miss Delaware competition is the pageant that selects the representative of Delaware in the Miss America pageant. The event takes place annually in the month of June and is currently held in the state capital of Dover, Delaware at the Dover Downs Hotel and Casino...
2002
- Ryan Phillippe
Matthew Ryan Phillippe , better known as Ryan Phillippe, is an American actor. After appearing on the soap opera One Life to Live, he came to fame in the late 1990s, starring in a string of teen-oriented films, including I Know What You Did Last Summer, Cruel Intentions, and 54...
, actor
- David Roselle
David Paul Roselle is an American mathematician and academic who served as the 25th President of the University of Delaware.-Early life and family:...
, former President of the University of Delaware
- Dave Sheridan, actor, writer, producer
- Harold "Tubby" Raymond College Hall of Fame football coach
- George Thorogood
George Thorogood is a blues rock performer from Wilmington, Delaware, known for his hit song "Bad to the Bone" as well as for covers of blues standards such as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and John Lee Hooker's "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"...
, blues-rock musician
- John Wales
John Wales was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:...
, co-founder of Newark College
- Johnny Weir
John G. "Johnny" Weir is an American figure skater. He is a three-time U.S. National Champion , the 2008 Worlds bronze medalist, the 2008 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and the 2001 World Junior Champion.He is currently ranked eighth in the world.- Personal life :Weir was born in Coatesville,...
, U.S. figure skating champion
- Shien Biau Woo
Shien Biau "S.B." Woo is an American professor and politician from Newark, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.- Early life and family :Woo's ancestral hometown is Yuyao, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province...
, former Lt. Governor
- Milo Aukerman
Milo Aukerman is an American singer, songwriter and research biochemist. Aukerman is perhaps most widely known for being the lead singer of the early Los Angeles area punk rock band the Descendents, a group widely considered to be pioneers of modern "pop punk"...
, singer
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