Welcome to Dover Furnace ...
Dover Furnace is located in Dutchess County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Dover Furnace, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867.
Dover Furnace is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Dover Furnace lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities near Dover Furnace ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dover Furnace.
- Poughkeepsie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Milford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- Brookfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- New Fairfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
- Wappingers Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sherman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Washington is located in Litchfield County (CT)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,419 people
- Bethlehem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,385 people
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people
- Sharon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
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 Furnace. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dover Furnace.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dover Furnace. 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 Furnace.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dover Furnace. See our Newspapers Page for Dover Furnace.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dover Furnace ...
Looking for more information about Dover Furnace? 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 Furnace, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dover Furnace.
Adding Dover Furnace to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Dover Furnace 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 Furnace was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Dover Furnace post office opened in 1867. The Dover Furnace post office closed in 1937.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Dover Furnace.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Dutchess, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dover Furnace - 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> | 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/ |