Photo: MidniteOIL · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Dover, NH: what to set up and who to call
Dover runs its own drop-off at 265 Mast Road; OpenStreetMap lists it open Tue, Thu, Sat 8:30 am–3:30 pm. New voters sign up with the City Clerk of Dover, which runs Dover’s elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Dover, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Dover.
Power comes from Unitil
Unitil (Unitil Energy Systems), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Dover. Its homes paid an average of 21.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 a month (its average across New Hampshire, for customers on its standard service). New Hampshire lets you buy power from another supplier; 65% of Unitil’s home customers do, and Unitil still delivers it.
Start or move service: unitil.com · (800) 582-7276
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Dover Water Dept
Dover Water Dept supplies Dover: about 97% of residents live in its service area. It draws ground water and serves 29,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2024, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 59% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NH0651010.
6 home internet providers serve Dover
100% of 8,959 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 75% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Breezeline | Fiber, Cable | 89% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 61% | 10/1 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 53% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 47% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 39% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Waste Management, Inc. picks up trash in Dover
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Dover, from the town’s own site.
Dover Recycling Center
265 Mast Road, Dover, NH, 03820
- Tue8:30 am–3:30 pm
- Thu8:30 am–3:30 pm
- Sat8:30 am–3:30 pm
Hours from OpenStreetMap. They can change with the season, so check with the town before you go.
Dover Recycling Center
265 Mast Road, Dover, NH
From dover.nh.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 3/18/2025. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. . Drop-off hours: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Dover is in Dover School District.
C+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 19, 2024.
Dover is in ZIP code 03820
ZIP codes where Dover residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Dover | ZIP’s residents in Dover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03820 | Dover, NH | 100% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 03823. 03821, 03822 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Dover
When is the Dover Recycling Center open?
Tue, Thu, Sat 8:30 am–3:30 pm, according to OpenStreetMap (as of Oct 9, 2026). Check dover.nh.gov before you go: the town sets the hours and who may use it.
Who supplies Dover’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Dover Water Dept (EPA ID NH0651010). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Dover?
Unitil (Unitil Energy Systems), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 21.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Dover?
Xfinity, Breezeline, Consolidated Communications, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Dover?
03820. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Dover in?
Dover School District.
How do I register to vote in Dover?
New Hampshire has no online registration; you can register in person up to and including Election Day or by mail only in special circumstances (received 13 days before). Elections here are run by the City Clerk of Dover. Check your registration at app.sos.nh.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Dover’s own website (dover.nh.gov), read Oct 23, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from. Drop-off hours: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 19, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.