Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the nearby Delaware River named after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor.
Monroe County is a county in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 168,327. Its county seat is Stroudsburg. The county was formed from sections of Northampton and Pike counties. Named in honor of James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, the county is located in northeastern Pennsylvania, along its border with New Jersey. Monroe County is coterminous with the East Stroudsburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It also borders the Wyoming Valley, the Lehigh Valley and has connections to the Delaware Valley, being a part of Philadelphia's Designated Media Market.
Wilmington is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine River, 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 during the reign of George II of Great Britain.
The Delaware Valley is the valley through which the Delaware River flows. By extension, this toponym is commonly used to refer to Greater Philadelphia or the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The Delaware Valley is coterminous with a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and broader combined statistical area (CSA), and is composed of counties located in Southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey, Delaware, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. As of the 2010 Census, the MSA has a population of over 6 million, while the CSA has a population of over 7.1 million.
The Northeastern United States is a geographical region of the United States bordered to the north by Canada, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Southern United States, and to the west by the Midwestern United States. The Northeast is one of the four regions defined by the United States Census Bureau for the collection and analysis of statistics.
Richard Bassett was a Delaware attorney and politician, veteran of the American Revolutionary War, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, signer of the United States Constitution, and thus considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He also served as United States Senator from Delaware, chief justice of the Delaware Court of Common Pleas, governor of Delaware and a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Third Circuit.
U.S. Route 13 is a north–south U.S. highway established in 1926 that runs for 517 miles (832 km) from Interstate 95 (I-95) just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina to US 1 in the northeastern suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Morrisville. In all, it traverses five states in the Atlantic coastal plain region. It follows the Atlantic coast more closely than does the main north–south U.S. highway of the region, US 1. Its routing is largely rural, the notable exceptions being the Hampton Roads area in Virginia and the northern end of the highway in Delaware and Pennsylvania. It is also notable for being the main thoroughfare for the Delmarva peninsula and carrying the Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel to it in Virginia.
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont is a commune in the Manche department and in the region of Normandy in north-western France. The commune has 720 inhabitants (2017).
Ernemont-sur-Buchy is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Héronchelles is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
La Rue-Saint-Pierre is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It belongs to the Arrondissement of Rouen and the Canton of Le Mesnil-Esnard. The inhabitants are called Bocassiens.
Holiday Hills is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Holiday Hills is located northeast of the intersection of Delaware Route 261 and Grubb Road northeast of Wilmington.
Ways Corner is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Ways Corner is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 92 and Delaware Route 261 northeast of Wilmington.
Naaman is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Naaman is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 92 and Ridge Road northeast of Claymont.
Talleys Corner is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Talleys Corner is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 261 and Silverside Road northeast of Wilmington and east of Talleyville.
Woodbrook is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
Hilltop Manor is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Hilltop Manor is located southeast of U.S. Route 13 Business between Bellefonte and Claymont.
Acts Retirement-Life Communities (Acts), based out of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, is the third largest not-for-profit owner, operator and developer of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) in the United States. Acts Life Care® communities provide independent living residences for people age 62 and above, with access to assisted living and skilled nursing care services, usually on the same campus.
Staytonville is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Staytonville is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 36, Staytonville Road, and Memory Road northeast of Greenwood.
