Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Dover came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Dover in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Dover. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Dover data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Dover:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Dover was listed as Dover Courthouse.

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Dover was listed as Dover Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Dover was listed as Dover Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Delaware (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Delaware (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Dover is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Dover in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Dover for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Dover. See our Misc Page for Dover for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Dover:

Dover was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Dover: www.cityofdover.com/

The official website for Kent County: www.co.kent.de.us/

The official website for State of Delaware: https://delaware.gov/