10 Facts About Delmarva Peninsula

Delmarva Peninsula, or simply Delmarva, is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by the vast majority of the state of Delaware and parts of the Eastern Shore regions of Maryland and Virginia.

Toponym Delmarva Peninsula is a clipped compound of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, which in turn was modeled after Delmar, a border town named after two of those states.

The fall line, found in the region southwest of Wilmington, Delaware, and just north of the northern edge of the Delmarva Peninsula, is a geographic borderland where the Piedmont region transitions into the coastal plain.

Culture of Delmarva Peninsula is starkly different from the rest of the Mid-Atlantic region and is much like that of the Southern United States.

Delmarva Peninsula has longstanding Catholic roots, but now Protestants are more numerous, with Methodism being particularly strongly represented.

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At its southern tip, the Delmarva Peninsula is connected to Virginia Beach and Hampton Roads, Virginia, via the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel which opened in 1964.

At various times in history, residents of the Delmarva Peninsula have proposed that its Maryland and Virginia portions secede from their respective states, merging with Kent County and Sussex County, Delaware, to create the state of Delmarva.

Miles Point, Oyster Cove, and Cator's Cove archaeological sites on the coastal plain of the Delmarva Peninsula help to document a pre-Clovis presence in the Middle Atlantic region.

Delmarva Peninsula was the premier location for truck farming of vegetables during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Delmarva Peninsula has minor airports with few commercial carriers, as it is overshadowed by proximate major airports in Baltimore and Philadelphia.