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Welcome to Dover ...

Dover is located in Baltimore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dover, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Dover is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Dover lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Dover: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Communities Also Named Dover ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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), 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 Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Dover ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.baltcountycc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Dover, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Dover ...

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

  • Baltimore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Westminster
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Hampstead
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Manchester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sykesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Shrewsbury
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Glen Rock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • New Windsor
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Railroad
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Fowblesburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fowblesburg is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowblesburg

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dover ...

Looking for more information about Dover? 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, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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 (so far) for Dover was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Dover post office opened in 1850. The Dover post office closed in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dover.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Baltimore, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dover - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 410 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 443 or 667. New phone numbers in the Dover area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Dover area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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