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History · Dover

Dover’s post office opened in 1867

Most of Dover was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969.

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When was Dover founded?

1867

The Dover post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 349159 years
Founding year: the first Dover post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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Dover, in brief

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Dover is a town in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Dover had a population of 349. It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1867. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 401 to 349 (-13%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Questions about Dover’s history

What year was Dover founded?

The Dover post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.