What is the capital of Delaware?

What is the capital of Delaware? Dover is the capital of Delaware.

Dover lies in central Delaware on the St. Jones River and serves as both the state capital and the county seat of Kent County. Its central position helped make it a practical location for government, especially when travel and communication were slower and coastal settlements were more exposed to attack.

William Penn founded Dover as the court town for Kent County in 1683, and the town was formally laid out in 1717. Delaware moved its capital from New Castle to Dover in 1777, during the American Revolution, because Dover was more central and safer from British raiders operating along the Delaware River.

A common mix-up is Wilmington, which is Delaware’s most populous city and a major business center but not the capital. Rehoboth Beach is a well-known coastal resort, and Newark is home to the University of Delaware; neither is the seat of state government. Dover’s historic Green remains a central civic landmark.