Dover, New Hampshire Dover, New Hampshire Official seal of Dover, New Hampshire Location inside New Hampshire Location inside New Hampshire State New Hampshire Dover is a town/city in Strafford County, New Hampshire, in the United States of America.
The populace was 29,987 at the 2010 census, the biggest in the New Hampshire Seacoast region.
The populace was estimated at 30,880 in 2015. It is the governmental center of county of Strafford County, and home to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, the Woodman Institute Museum, and the Children's Museum of New Hampshire.
In 1623, William and Edward Hilton settled Cochecho Plantation, adopting its Abenaki name, making Dover the earliest permanent settlement in New Hampshire, and seventh in the United States. One of the colony's four initial townships, it then encompassed Durham, Madbury, Newington, Lee, Somersworth and Rollinsford.
The Hiltons' name survives at Hilton Park on Dover Point (which was originally known as Hilton Point), where the brothers settled near the confluence of the Bellamy and Piscataqua rivers.
In 1633, Cochecho Plantation was bought by a group of English Puritans who prepared to settle in New England, including Viscount Saye and Sele, Baron Brooke and John Pym.
The town was called Dover in 1637 by the new governor, Reverend George Burdett.
Settlers assembled fortified log homes called garrisons, inspiring Dover's nickname "The Garrison City." The populace and market seat shifted upriver from Dover Point to Cochecho Falls, its drop of 34 feet (10 m) providing water power for trade (Cochecho means "the rapid foaming water.") Main article: Raid on Dover During Father Rale's War, in August and September 1723, there were Indian raids on Saco, Maine and Dover, New Hampshire. The following year Dover was raided again and Elizabeth Hanson wrote her captivity anecdotal.
Located at the head of navigation, Cochecho Falls brought the Industrial Revolution to 19th-century Dover in a big way.
The Dover Cotton Factory was incorporated in 1812, then enlarged in 1823 to turn into the Dover Manufacturing Company.
In 1827, the Cocheco Manufacturing Company was established (the misspelling a clerical error at incorporation), which in 1829 purchased the Dover Manufacturing Company.
Incorporated as a town/city in 1855, Dover for a time became a dominant nationwide producer of textiles.
During the Great Depression, however, textile mills no longer dependent on New England water power began moving to southern states in search of cheaper operating conditions, or simply went out of business.
Dover's millyard shut in 1937, then was bought at auction in 1940 by the town/city itself for $54,000.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 29.0 square miles (75.2 km2), of which 26.7 square miles (69.2 km2) is territory and 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2) is water, comprising 7.96% of the city. Dover is drained by the Cochecho and Bellamy rivers.
Long Hill, altitude greater than 300 feet (91 m) above sea level and positioned 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of the town/city center, is the highest point in Dover.
Dover lies fully inside the Piscataqua River (Coastal) watershed. The town/city is crossed by New Hampshire Route 4, New Hampshire Route 9, New Hampshire Route 16 (the Spaulding Turnpike), New Hampshire Route 16 - B, New Hampshire Route 108, and New Hampshire Route 155.
The Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation (COAST) operates a publicly funded bus network in Dover and encircling communities in New Hampshire and Maine. C&J Trailways is a private intercity bus carrier connecting Dover with other coastal New Hampshire and Massachusetts cities, including Boston. Wildcat Transit, directed by the University of New Hampshire, provides bus service to Durham, which is no-charge for students and $1.50 for the public. Amtrak's Downeaster train service stops at the Dover Transportation Center with service to the Portland Transportation Center and Boston's North Station.
The town/city interval by 3,103 inhabitants between 2000 and 2010, the biggest numeric expansion of any town or town/city in New Hampshire.
The Dover School District consists of approximately 4000 pupils, attending Horne Street Elementary School, Garrison Elementary School, Woodman Park Elementary School, Dover Middle School and Dover High School.
Dover High's athletic squads are known as "The Green Wave," and the middle school's squads are "The Little Green." Saint Mary Academy, a Catholic school, has been in downtown Dover since 1912, presently serving about 200 students from pre-kindergarten to 8th grade.
Thomas Aquinas High School, a Catholic high school positioned on Dover Point.
Portsmouth Christian Academy is positioned west of the Bellamy River in Dover, serving preschool through 12th grade. It was formerly positioned in Barrington, New Hampshire.
The school was established in 2004 in Kingston, New Hampshire, and relocated to Dover in 2015.
Main article: List of citizens from Dover, New Hampshire Dover was used as the fictional setting for the Hallmark Channel movie Christmas Incorporated.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Dover city, New Hampshire".
History of New Hampshire.
Piscataqua Pioneers: Selected Biographies of Early Settlers in Northern New England, pp.
History of Dover, New Hampshire, pp.
Jeremy Belknap, The History of New Hampshire, 1812 Dover Public Library, "Is it Spelled Cochecho or Cocheco?" Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers.
"C&J: Connecting Dover, Durham, Portsmouth and Newburyport to Boston South Station and Logan Airport".
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Dover city, New Hampshire".
"Selected Economic Characteristics: 2009-2011 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates (DP03): Dover city, New Hampshire".
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City of Dover official website Sketch of Dover, New Hampshire New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile Dover Main Street Community Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center Children's Museum of New Hampshire Hilton Park at Dover Point Municipalities and communities of Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States State of New Hampshire
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