Bethany Beach
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town in Delaware
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Delaware
- County
- Sussex
- Incorporated
- July 1, 1901 (founded), 1909 (incorporated)
- Type
- Council-manager
- Mayor
- Jack Gordon
- Total
- 1.16 sq mi (3.01 km )
- Land
- 1.15 sq mi (2.97 km )
- Water
- 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
- Elevation
- 7 ft (2.1 m)
- Density
- 830.8/sq mi (320.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 10-05690
- Website
- www .townofbethanybeach .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Bethany Beach
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Sussex County
- Population
- 954
- Area
- 3.019641
- Elevation
- 5
- Official website
- www.townofbethanybeach.com
- Image
- Downtown Bethany Beach, Delaware.jpg
- Households
- 574
- Dialing code
- 302
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- Commons category
- Bethany Beach, Delaware
- postal code
- 19930
- inception
- 1901-07-01
- water as percent of area
- 1.2495
- per capita income
- 61477
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Encyclopedic overview
Bethany Beach is an incorporated town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethany Beach had a population of 954. However, during the summer months some 15,000 more populate the town as vacationers. It is part of the Salisbury, MD-DE Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Bethany Beach, South Bethany and Fenwick Island are popularly known as "The Quiet Resorts". Contributing to Bethany Beach's reputation as a "quiet" place is the presence of Delaware Seashore State Park immediately to the north of the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bethany Beach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.