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A Brief History of Wilmington, Delaware

The Lenni-Lenape (Delaware) Indians were the first inhabitants in the area and lived chiefly by fishing. They were friendly with early Swedish settlers, and William Penn had established a good relationship with them.
In 1638 the Swedes established the first permanent settlement on Delaware soil near the Christina River. Fort Christina (now a State park near the present day site of Wilmington) marks the landing site where the Swedes started in North America. Also known as "The Rocks," this site is a natural wharf within the present-day park.
The Swedes founded the colony of New Sweden where Wilmington is now located and controlled it from 1638 to 1654. The settlement passed to the Dutch in 1655 and to the English in 1664; William Penn was granted the region in 1682. Quakers eventually named and laid out the present city in 1731. The colony expanded northward as far as the present site of Philadelphia.

The colony became a community (Willingtown) in the 1730s then a borough in 1739 when it was renamed for the earl of Wilmington. Wilmington was incorporated as a city in 1832. It became an important industrial city in Delaware and the only large city in the State. The rivers and port had a great influence on the history and economic development