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Welcome to Dover Mills ...

Dover Mills is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dover Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

A typical abbreviation for Dover Mills: Dover Mls. (or less commonly used: Dover Mlls.)

Dover Mills is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Dover Mills lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Dover Mills ...

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

  • Decorah
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • West Union
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Union have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
    • West Union is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,270 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Union <3>
  • Postville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Monona
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Fayette
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Elkader
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Calmar
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calmar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calmar
    • Calmar is located in Winneshiek County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calmar <3>
  • Ossian
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Elgin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Clermont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clermont have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clermont
    • Clermont is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clermont <3>

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 Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dover Mills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dover Mills. 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 Mills.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dover Mills ...

Looking for more information about Dover Mills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dover Mills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dover Mills.

Adding Dover Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dover Mills in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dover Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Dover Mills post office opened in 1889.

We also found Dover Mills in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dover Mills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dover Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/