Rehoboth Beach is a city on the Atlantic Ocean along the Delaware Beaches in eastern Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
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13 Facts About Rehoboth Beach
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Town was founded in 1873 as the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Association by the Rev Robert W Todd, of St Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church of Wilmington, Delaware, as a site for Methodist camp meetings in the spirit of similar resorts further north on the New Jersey shore, such as Ocean Grove.
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From 1942 to 1943, Rehoboth Beach Airport served as a base, designated as Coastal Patrol Base 2, for volunteers with the Civil Air Patrol, who flew aerial patrols using civilian aircraft in support of Army and Navy anti-submarine operations during the Battle of the Atlantic.
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Rehoboth Beach Airport shut down in 1987 and Rehoboth Shores Estates Community now stands on the former grounds.
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Rehoboth Beach is known as one of the mid-Atlantic coast's popular LGBT-friendly getaways due to the large number of LGBT-owned and operated businesses, and because of the LGBT-frequented stretch of beach near Queen Street at the south end of the boardwalk, known as Poodle Beach.
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Poodle Rehoboth Beach tends to attract gay men while North Shore Rehoboth Beach within Cape Henlopen State Park tends to attract lesbian women.
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Rehoboth Beach has a seasonal beach patrol who is in charge of lifeguarding the one and a half miles that make up the town's beachfront.
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Rehoboth Beach Bandstand is located on Rehoboth Avenue near the boardwalk and serves as a free open-air music and entertainment venue in the summer months, with performances from over 50 bands during the season.
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Nicola Pizza is a well-known business in Rehoboth Beach that opened in 1971, with two locations in the town.
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Restaurant scene in Rehoboth Beach was traditionally centered in the downtown area, which remains competitive.
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Rehoboth Beach is bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the town of Henlopen Acres, and on the west and south by unincorporated portions of Sussex County.
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The plant hardiness zone in Rehoboth Beach is 7b with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of 8.
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