Moving Companies and moving services Delaware, DE

     Delaware calls itself "the First State" because it was the first of the thirteen colonies to ratify the Constitution, but unfortunately, most Americans don't know the first thing about it. Delaware is only the second smallest state in America, but it's the most overlooked, squeezed between the Delaware River and the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware looks like it should just be Maryland's beach. But there's something unique about Delaware that can't be understood in terms of square miles.

     The tourists who crowd Delaware's beaches after Memorial Day understand it. So do the sport fisherman who charter boats from Delaware's coastal towns. Living in Delaware can mean living next to a windswept beach, or out in the country surrounded by chicken farms (southern Delaware has more than its share of them). In Sussex County, the southernmost county in Delaware, it's rare to find a town with more than two thousand residents. But even then, you'll never be more than two counties over from the art galleries and restaurants of Wilmington, Delaware's largest city - or Philadelphia, right across the Pennsylvania line.

     Now that you're moving to Delaware, there are a couple things you'll want to remember:

• The population of Delaware is 783,600. Delaware's state capital is Dover.
• Delaware's natural assets often get the short shrift. Delaware is the only state in America without any National Park System sites - no national parks, monuments, or seashores.
• Nothing could be more American than a log cabin, but the first log cabins were built in Finland. The design was first introduced in Delaware by Finnish immigrants.
• Think Georgia would be "the Peach state?" Think again. Delaware has claimed the title because the peach blossom is the official state flower of Delaware.
• Delaware is named after a 17th century governor of Virginia, Lord de la Warr.
• Delaware's official bird is the Blue Hen, a breed of chicken known for its fighting ability.
• In Lewes, Delaware local laws state that getting married on a dare is sufficient grounds for annulment.