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Priya R.
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Sunset over Wilmington last night
Caught this from the ridge on my walk. Had to share — one of those skies that makes you stop.
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Wilmington
Delaware · DE
About Wilmington
Largest city in Delaware, United States1638Established
70,898Population
16.9 sq miArea
92 ftElevation
Wilmington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. The population was 70,898 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. First settled by Swedish settlers in 1638, the modern city of Wilmington was built on the site of Fort Christina, which was the first Swedish settlement in North America, and Kristinehamn, which was planned to be the capital of New Sweden. Control of the area shifted before it was formally incorporated as the Village of Willingtown in 1731, then …
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ZIP code19801, 19802, 19803