Welcome to Dover ...

So far, we found very little information about Dover. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dover to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dover, please Contact Us.

Dover would have been located within present day Laurens County<2>.

The location of Dover has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dover, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dover is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Dover was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Dover would have been located in the (864) area code.

Communities Also Named Dover ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Dover: This one is located in Laurens County and the other is located in Abbeville County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 58 communities that are also named Dover - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maine (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (3), North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dover.

Communities near Dover ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dover.

• Newberry
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
  • Newberry is located in Newberry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,141 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newberry <5>
• Laurens
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurens
  • Laurens is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,852 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurens <5>
• Clinton
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,304 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <5>
• Whitmire
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmire
  • Whitmire is located in Newberry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,449 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitmire <5>
• Gray Court
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Court
  • Gray Court is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray Court <5>
• Cross Hill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Hill
  • Cross Hill is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cross Hill <5>
• Waterloo
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
  • Waterloo is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterloo <5>
• Silverstreet
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverstreet
  • Silverstreet is located in Newberry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverstreet <5>
• Chappells
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappells
  • Chappells is located in Newberry County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chappells <5>
• Kinards
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinards
  • Kinards is located in Laurens County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kinards <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dover. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dover.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dover. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dover.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dover. See our Newspapers Page for Dover.

Adding Dover to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dover in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dover was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dover.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Laurens County: www.laurenscountysc.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/