A history of Dover,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Dover from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusDover Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,387 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,626 to 3,387 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1982.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dover yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Dover’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1850: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Dover
See all 1 →Dover, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Ohio - Athens County - ED 5-17, ED 5-18, ED 5-19, ED 5-20, ED 5-21, ED … (1850) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.