Delaware State Park
| Delaware State Park | |
| Ohio State Park | |
 The entrance to Delaware State Park
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| Named for: Delaware Indians | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Ohio |
| County | Delaware County |
| Location | |
| - elevation | 899 ft (274 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°21′31″N 83°04′09″W / 40.35861°N 83.06917°WCoordinates: 40°21′31″N 83°04′09″W / 40.35861°N 83.06917°W |
| Area | 2,016 acres (816 ha) |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Management | Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks and Recreation |
| IUCN category | III - Natural Monument |
 Location of Delaware State Park in Ohio
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| Website: Delaware State Park | |
Delaware State Park is a 2,016-acre (816 ha) Ohio state park in Delaware County, Ohio in the United States. The park, town and county are named for the Delaware Indians (also known as the Lenape), a Native American tribe that originally lived along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, Maryland, Connecticut and New Jersey. The Delawares were forced west by colonial settlers and were eventually forced further west by settlers of the Northwest Territory from which Ohio was established in 1803. Delaware State Park is on U.S. Route 23 near the city of Delaware, Ohio. It is open for year-round recreation including camping, hiking, boating, hunting, fishing, and picnicking.
The Delawares were organized bands of Native American peoples with shared cultural and linguistic characteristics. Delaware State Park is named for them. It is just one of many places in the United States bearing the name "Delaware".
They lived in what is now New Jersey and along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, the northern shore of Delaware, in the northeastern corner of Maryland, the panhandle of Connecticut and the lower Hudson Valley and New York Harbor in New York, at the time of the arrival of the Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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