Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5Living in Dover, OH: what to set up and who to call
Dover runs its own electric utility, City of Dover; its homes paid 15.0¢ per kWh in 2025. The closest ER is Union Hospital, 1.7 miles away.
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 City of Dover
City of Dover (City of Dover - (OH)), a municipal utility, serves 98.9% of Dover residents. Its homes paid an average of 15.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $119 a month (its average across Ohio).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Dover City PWS
Dover City PWS supplies almost all of Dover. It draws ground water and serves 13,253 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 Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 65% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. OH7900412.
8 home internet providers serve Dover
97% of 5,264 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 92% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 88% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Omni Fiber | Fiber | 83% | 10,000/10,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 92% | 300/20 |
| Watch Communications | Fixed wireless | 80% | 25/3 |
| Smart Way Communications | Fixed wireless | 71% | 250/50 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Dover depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Dover, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on doverohio.com →
- RecyclingEvery other week
- Trash
- No recycling
- Trash
- Recycling
City of Dover Yard Waste Drop-Off (yard waste collection center)
100 North Tuscarawas Avenue, Dover, Ohio 44622
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Corrugated cardboard
- Telephone books
- Printer/copier paper
- Chipped board (e.g. cereal boxes)
- Aluminum cans
- Aluminum trays
- Aluminum foil
- Cat food cans
- Bimetal cans
- Empty aerosol cans
- Clear brown or green glass bottles
- Plastic containers marked #1 - #7
From doverohio.com, evogov.s3.amazonaws.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Dover is in Dover City School District.
BSchool 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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Dover is in ZIP code 44622
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44622 | Dover, OH | 100% | 69% |
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.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Dover
Who supplies Dover’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Dover City PWS (EPA ID OH7900412). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Dover?
City of Dover (City of Dover - (OH)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 15.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Dover?
Spectrum, Frontier, Omni Fiber, Verizon, Watch Communications, Smart Way Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Dover?
44622. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Dover in?
Dover City School District.
How do I register to vote in Dover?
In Ohio you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Director, Tuscarawas County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.ohiosos.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 (doverohio.com, evogov.s3.amazonaws.com), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.