Delaware County, New York
Delaware County is a county located in the US state of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 44,308. The county seat is Delhi. The county is named after the Delaware River, which was named in honor of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, appointed governor of Virginia in 1609. The county is part of the Southern Tier region of the state.
Delaware County Courthouse
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for 282 miles (454 km) along the borders of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, before emptying into Delaware Bay.
The Delaware River flowing through the Delaware Water Gap in 2021
The Delaware River is named in honor of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
A 1655 Swedish nautical chart showing part of the Delaware River when the river was part of the Swedish colony New Sweden
East Branch of the Delaware River near Margaretville, New York