Delaware (officially The State of Delaware) is a U.S. state located on the East Coast of the United States Coast in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States.While the [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/reg_div.txt U.S. Census Bureau] designates Delaware as one of the South Atlantic States, many consider it to be a part of the Mid-Atlantic States and/or Northeastern United States. Examples include other U.S. government agencies (such as the [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/regdef.html Library of Congress], [http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/gazette/html/regions/mat.html Geological Survey], [http://www.epa.gov/region03/index.htm Environmental Protection Agency], [http://www.nps.gov/nero/nero.htm National Park Service], and [http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publications/ngpipeline/northeast.html Department of Energy]), and public service organizations (such as [http://www.delawareaa.org/thenortheastregion.html Alcoholics Anonymous] and [http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/Page/Browse_Routes_Page&c=Page&cid=1081256321410&ssid=134 Amtrak]). [http://www.google.com/Top/Regional/North_America/United_States/Delaware/ Google's] categorization scheme includes it in both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom (what is now called) Cape Henlopen was originally named.