Dover’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Dover. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusDover Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,326 people in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,158 to 2,326 (+8%). Half of its homes were built before 1978.
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.
Start Dover’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dover’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewThomas Hurst Residence, 31156 Det…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Dover, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Dover is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dover has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Felkner-Anderson House in Scioto, 2.8 miles away.
Dover and the nearest listed places
Closest to Dover
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Thomas Hurst Residence, 31156 Detroit Road and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.