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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Dover (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Dover. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Dover is located in Tuscarawas County.

To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tuscarawas County: Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Stark & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Dover. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dover:

  • Tuscarawas County     (The home county of Dover)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
    • Heritage Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
    • Parral
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • New Philadelphia
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Zoar
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Zoar is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zoar <1>
    • Somerdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Zoarville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Strasburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Barnhill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
    • Midvale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
    • Roswell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Barrs Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Belmont County
    • Holloway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Holloway is located in Belmont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
  • Carroll County
  • Columbiana County
  • Coshocton County
  • Guernsey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
    • Birmingham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Birds Run
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Kimbolton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Odell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Londonderry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Antrim
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Winterset
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Brady ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Brady is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
    • Clio ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Clio is located in Guernsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
    • Station Fifteen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
    • Bowerston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Feed Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tappan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Conotton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Scio
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Scio is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scio <1>
    • Deersville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Freeport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Hattonia ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hattonia is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
    • Jewett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Enfield ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Enfield is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
    • Smyrna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Smyrna is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
  • Holmes County
  • Jefferson County
    • Amsterdam
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Stark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
    • Beach City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Sherman Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Lake Sherman Village is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sherman Village
    • East Sparta
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilmot
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Magnolia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Justus
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fohl Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Fohl Village is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fohl Village
    • Navarre Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Navarre Village is located in Stark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
    • Navarre
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Brewster
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Richville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Waynesburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Summit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
    • Comet
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Greensburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Clinton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Green
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Green is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,678 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green <1>
    • New Franklin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • New Franklin is located in Summit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
    • Mount Eaton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dalton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fredericksburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Apple Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Burton City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Burton City is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
    • East Union
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Union is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
    • Moreland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Orrville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Marshallville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Weilersville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Shreve
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dover, see our County-by-County Page for Dover.

Cemeteries Near Dover ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dover.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Dover - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dover covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

While we didn't find Dover in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dover.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.

  • New Philadelphia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Reeds Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Reeds Run is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Run
  • Winfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Winfield is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
  • Yorktown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Yorktown is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
  • Goshen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Goshen is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
  • Strasburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Somerdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Valley Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Junction is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
  • Zoar
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Zoar is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zoar <1>
  • Blackband
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Blackband is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackband
  • Midvale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
  • Barnhill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dover. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dover.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dover ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dover.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Dover. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Dover and those printed in the larger area surrounding Dover.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> of Dover.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Dover:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dover, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dover) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.