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Rehoboth Beach and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware vacation rentals by owner beach house and condo rentals are in a city in Sussex County, Delaware.

The city 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 on the New Jersey shore, such as Ocean City. The Camp Meeting Association disbanded in 1881, and in 1891, the location was incorporated by the Delaware General Assembly as "Henlopen City", shortly after which it was renamed to Rehoboth Beach.

Rehoboth is a name of Biblical appellation, meaning "place [or space] for all". (In modern Hebrew, the same means 'streets'). The name is strikingly fitting, due to Rehoboth Beach's ability to blend its distinct communities. Rehoboth appears four times in the Old Testament as, variously, a well dug by Isaac (Wadi er-Ruheibeh) (Gen. 26:22), a city on the Euphrates River (Gen. 36:37; 1 Chr. 1:48), and one of the cities of Asshur (Gen. 10:11). Consequently, the name had obvious appeal to the religious founders of the city.

The town often bills itself as "The Nation's Summer Capital" due to the fact that it is a frequent summer vacation destination for Washington, D.C., residents; though insiders and powerbrokers tend to flock to New Engand's Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, lower Cape, and Newport. Vacationers are drawn to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware vacation rentals by owner beach house and condo rentals for many reasons, including the town's charm, artistic appeal, and relative safety. Rehoboth's white powder sand beaches are consistently ranked highly in national publications. Rehoboth's beaches are protected by a beach patrol with a distinguished record of lifesaving and competitive success.

Still famous for its beaches, wooden boardwalk, eclectic shops, amusements, and sporting activities, today's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware vacation rentals by owner beach house and condo rentals is also becoming well-known as one of the mid-Atlantic coast's most popular gay and lesbian getaways. Rehoboth Beach, Delaware vacation rentals by owner beach house and condo rentals is thought of as the region's answer to South Beach, Miami; Provincetown, Massachusetts; West Street Beach, Laguna Beach; and Little Beach, Wailea-Makena, Maui. In addition, the town's family vacationers and residents seamlessly blend with its gay and lesbian vacationers and residents.

Rehoboth Beach serves as an alternative to nearby and much more industriously developed Ocean City, Maryland. Rehoboth Beach, together with the towns of Lewes, Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach, South Bethany, and Fenwick Island, comprises Delaware's beach resorts and is Sussex County's most densely populated and fastest-growing area.

 

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