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 is a city in and the county seat of Stewart County, Tennessee, 67 miles (108 km) west-northwest of Nashville on the Cumberland River. Fort Donelson National Cemetery is in Dover. As of the 2020 census, Dover had a population of 1,826. Dover is part of the Clarksville metropolitan area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,417 to 1,826 (+29%). 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.
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 …, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Dover
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Dover, decade by decade
1920s
CommonsEXTERIOR WINDOW DETAIL - Dover Hotel, Petty Street1933
CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey, November, 1971 DETAIL O…1933
CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey, November, 1971 DETAIL O…1933
CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey, November, 1971 ELEVATIO…1933
CommonsHistoric American Buildings Survey, November, 1971 NORTH (F…19331990s
1 historic place in Dover
1 place in Dover is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Tennessee - Stewart County - Dover - ED 81-8B, ED 81-9 (1880) 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.