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Wilmington, Delaware
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Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington
(
Lenape
:
Paxahakink
,
Pakehakink
) is the largest city in the state of
Delaware
, United States, built on the site of Fort Christina, the first
Swedish settlement
in North America. It 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
metropolitan area
. Wilmington was named by
Proprietor
Thomas Penn
after his friend
Spencer Compton
,
Earl of Wilmington
, who was prime minister in the reign of
George II of Great Britain
.
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