Welcome to Dover ...

Dover is located in Price County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dover, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Dover is 1,660 feet [506 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Dover lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Dover: 715 & 534<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), Maryland, 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 and Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Dover ...

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

• Phillips
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Phillips is located in Price County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
• Prentice
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Prentice is located in Price County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
• Catawba
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Catawba is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
• Worcester
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Worcester is located in Price County
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• Lugerville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lugerville is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugerville
• Fifield
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Fifield is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifield
• Kennan
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Kennan is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
• Park Falls
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Park Falls is located in Price County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
• Westboro
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Westboro is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
• Hazelhurst
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Hazelhurst is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelhurst

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.

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.<4>

From that list, the Dover post office opened in 1906. The Dover post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dover.