A town of 39,837, settled in 1683. Home to 18 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Dover does most differently from other towns.
1875 · U.S. Post Office, Dover, Del6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 18 places on the National Register.
1920
Suffragists in Dover display the 26,000 signatures for women's suffrage, March 22, 1920
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Ordered by what stands out in Dover. Another town gets a different order.
The typical Dover home is worth about $343,000, up 1.8% in a year, 15% below the Delaware typical home.
About one in 3 of Dover’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Smyrna (4%), Wilmington (4%) and Milford (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.
Dover reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 98% report less.
5.6 miles of trails across 32 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fork Branch Nature Preserve | 1 mi | 265 |
| 2. Silver Lake Park | 0.5 mi | 25 |
| 3. Schutte Park | 0.4 mi | 163 |
Dover beats the Delaware average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| What stands out | Dover | DE |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 36.6% | 41.2% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11.5% | 7.4% |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 25% of U.S. communities.
The public schools Dover’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 66% of Delaware’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dover Elementary School | K–4 | 577 | C− |
| W. Reily Brown Elementary School | 1–5 | 506 | C+ |
| Academy Of Dover Charter School | K–8 | 443 | C− |
| Campus Community School | K–8 | 409 | C+ |
| Towne Point Elementary School | K–4 | 341 | D |
| North Dover Elementary School | K–4 | 333 | C− |
Dover has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 26°, and about 13 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
2 colleges in town.
18 places in Dover on the National Register of Historic Places.
State capital in Delaware, United States
Dover ( DOH-vər) is the capital and the second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Delaware, after Wilmington. It is also the county seat of Kent County and the principal city of the Dover metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware River coastal plain. It was named by William Penn for Dover in Kent, England (for which Kent County is named). As of 2024, its population was estimated as 40,191.
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3 towns share a border with Dover.
