Our Genealogy Helper
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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 Windham County .
To see how the shape of Vermont's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Windham County : Franklin (MA) , Cheshire (NH) , Sullivan (NH) , Bennington & Windsor .
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:
Windham County (The home county of Dover)
The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
West Dover (Less than 2 miles to the south)
West Dover is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dover Goose City (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Goose City is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose City Podunk (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Podunk is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk Wardsboro (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Wardsboro is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsboro Population from the 2020 Census: 828 people
West Wardsboro (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
South Wardsboro (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
South Wardsboro is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wardsboro Wardsboro (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Somerset (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Somerset is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
Newfane (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Newfane is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfane Population from the 2020 Census: 1,569 people
Stratton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Stratton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton Wilmington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Wilmington is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
Wilmington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Marlboro (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Marlboro is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro Population from the 2020 Census: 1,033 people
Bennington County
The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
Searsburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Searsburg is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Glastenbury (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Glastenbury is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastenbury Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
Sunderland (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Sunderland is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
Readsboro (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Readsboro is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readsboro Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
Woodford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Woodford is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
Woodford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Winhall (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Winhall is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winhall Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
Readsboro (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Woodford Hollow (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Woodford Hollow is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Hollow Kansas (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Kansas is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Bromley Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Bromley Village is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley Village Arlington (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Manchester Depot (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Manchester Depot is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Depot Rutland County
The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
Mount Tabor (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Mount Tabor is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
Danby Four Corners (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Danby Four Corners is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Four Corners Danby (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Danby is located in Rutland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
Windsor County
The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
Simonsville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Simonsville is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsville Andover (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Andover is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
Andover (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Weston (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Weston is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
Chester Depot (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Chester Depot is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot Chester (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Chester (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Chester is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
Springfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Springfield is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
Springfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Ludlow (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Ludlow is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Population from the 2020 Census: 1,856 people
Ludlow (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Baltimore (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Baltimore is located in Windsor County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
North Springfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Berkshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
Briggsville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Briggsville is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville Drury (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Drury is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury Florida (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Florida is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
North Adams (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
North Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 12,737 people
Greylock (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Greylock is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock Williamstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
Zylonite (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Zylonite is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylonite Savoy Center (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Savoy Center is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy Center Renfrew (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Renfrew is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrew Adams (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 7,955 people
Savoy (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Savoy is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
Arnoldville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Arnoldville is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldville Town Crest Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Town Crest Village is located in Berkshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Crest Village Franklin County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
Monroe Bridge (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Monroe Bridge is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Bridge North Heath (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
North Heath is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heath Elm Grove (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Elm Grove is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Rowe (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Rowe is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
Monroe (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Monroe is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
Dell (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Dell is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Foundry Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Foundry Village is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundry Village Heath (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Heath is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
Colrain (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Colrain is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colrain Population from the 2020 Census: 1,669 people
Leyden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Leyden is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leyden Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
Griswoldville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Griswoldville is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville Charlemont (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Charlemont is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlemont Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
Shattuckville (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Shattuckville is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shattuckville Cheshire County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
Chesterfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Westmoreland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Spofford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Hinsdale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Walpole (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Cold River (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Cold River is located in Cheshire County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River Ashuelot (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Drewsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Drewsville is located in Cheshire County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville Surry (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Surry is located in Cheshire County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
West Swanzey (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Winchester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Alstead (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Alstead Center (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center Sullivan County (NH)
The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
Langdon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Langdon is located in Sullivan County (NH) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
Charlestown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Rensselaer County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
Walloomsac (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac Hoosick (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Petersburg Junction (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Petersburg Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction Hoosick Falls (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Hoosick Junction (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction Eagle Bridge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Potter Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill Buskirk (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Washington County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Dover, with the one closest to Dover listed first.
White Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Anaquassacook (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Anaquassacook is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaquassacook Cambridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Center White Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Center White Creek is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek Salem (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Coila (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Coila is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila East Greenwich (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
East Greenwich is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
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.
Baldwin Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
West Dover Village Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Hathaway Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Rice - Snow Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Snow Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Alden Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Smead Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Dover Center Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Mountain View Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Mt. View Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Cutting Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
East Dover Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Continue List (468 more) ...
Powers Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Timson Moore Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
South Wardsboro Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
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.
West Dover (Less than 2 miles to the south)
West Dover is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dover Dover (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
East Dover (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
East Dover is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dover South Wardsboro (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
South Wardsboro is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wardsboro West Wardsboro (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Wardsboro (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Wilmington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
South Newfane (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
South Newfane is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newfane Stratton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Stratton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton Searsburg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Searsburg is located in Bennington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg Somerset (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Somerset is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Williamsville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Continue List (14 more) ...
Marlboro (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Newfane (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
East Jamaica (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
East Jamaica is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Jamaica
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 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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dover.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dover, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Dover.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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:
Websites specific to Vermont Pages specific to Windham County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bennington County Rutland County Windsor County Berkshire County Franklin County Cheshire County Sullivan County Rensselaer County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dover. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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'.