Do you know of Dover ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Dover. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Dover.<1>
We found mention of Dover as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Lenawee County, Michigan.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1842 and closed in 1867.
Communities Also Named Dover ...
We found 64 communities that share the name Dover.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Dover.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 56 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 56 communities, 54 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Dover, we know of six communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Pope County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dover [Pope County].
- Colorado
- Weld County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Dover [Weld County].
- Delaware
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Dover [Kent County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Dover [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
- Screven County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Dover [Screven County].
- Idaho
- Bonner County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Dover [Bonner County].
- Illinois
- Bureau County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Dover [Bureau County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Mason County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Dover [Mason County].
- Maine
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Dover [Lincoln County].
- Piscataquis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Dover [Piscataquis County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Dover [Baltimore County].
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Dover [Norfolk County].
- Minnesota
- Olmsted County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Dover [Olmsted County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Judith Basin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Dover [Judith Basin County].
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Mineral County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Dover [Mineral County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Dover.
- New Hampshire
- Strafford County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Dover [Strafford County].
- New Jersey
- Morris County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Dover [Morris County].
- New Mexico
- Colfax County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Dover [Colfax County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Dover.
- North Carolina
- Cleveland County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Dover [Cleveland County].
- Craven County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Dover [Craven County].
- Moore County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Dover [Moore County].
- North Dakota
- Wells County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Dover [Wells County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Dover.
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dover [Cuyahoga County].
- Tuscarawas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dover [Tuscarawas County].
- Union County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dover [Union County].
- Oklahoma
- Kingfisher County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Dover [Kingfisher County].
- Oregon
- Clackamas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Dover [Clackamas County].
- Pennsylvania
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Dover [York County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Dover.
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Fort Bend County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dover [Fort Bend County].
- Utah
- Sanpete County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Dover [Sanpete County].
- Vermont
- Windham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Dover [Windham County].
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Price County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Dover [Price County].
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- We haven't found the location of this Dover
- Barbados
- We haven't found the location of this Dover
- Denmark
- We haven't found the location of this Dover
- England
- We haven't found the location of this Dover
- Jamaica
- We haven't found the location of this Dover
- Turkey
- We haven't found the location of this Dover
- Australia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dover ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Dover:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Lenawee County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Lenawee County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Dover could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |