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Dewey Beach
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town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Delaware
- County
- Sussex
- Type
- Mayor-council
- Mayor
- Bill Stevens
- Total
- 0.33 sq mi (0.86 km )
- Land
- 0.33 sq mi (0.86 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 7 ft (2.1 m)
- Density
- 1,067.3/sq mi (412.07/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 10-20900
- Website
- www .townofdeweybeach .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Dewey Beach
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Sussex County
- Population
- 353
- Area
- 0.849653
- Elevation
- 2
- Official website
- www.townofdeweybeach.com
- Image
- DeweyBeach.jpg
- Households
- 244
- Dialing code
- 302
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- Commons category
- Dewey Beach, Delaware
- inception
- 1981-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 67119
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Encyclopedic overview
Dewey Beach is an incorporated coastal town in eastern Sussex County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Dewey Beach had a population of 353. It is part of the rapidly growing Cape Region and lies within the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2011, the NRDC awarded Dewey Beach with a 5-Star rating in water quality. This award was given only to 12 other locations, one being neighboring Rehoboth Beach. Out of the 30 states with coastline, the Delaware Beaches ranked number 1 in water quality in 2011.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dewey Beach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.