Dover

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Dover

Total population

3,009

Median home value

$248,600

10.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$49,693

Dover$50k

National$74k

Weather70°F · Mostly Clear

Coordinates27.99°, -82.23°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Dover is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,266 at the 2020 census, down from 3,702 at the 2010 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Dover, FL from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Dwayne Schintzius

American basketball player, center (1968–2012)

Mel Tillis

American country music singer and musician (1932-2017)

Paul Orndorff

American professional wrestler (1949–2021)

Pat Broderick

Comic artist

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Allen West

American musician

Blaise Garza

American musician and actor

J

Jay Ayres

American soccer player

J

Jonathan Ordway

Player of American and Canadian football

Matt Good

American guitarist and vocalist

Jahleel Addae

American football player (born 1990)

Ross Spano

U.S. Representative from Florida

Torrey Davis

American football player, defensive tackle

Damon Fowler

American electric blues and blues rock singer, guitarist and songwriter

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Jose Gomez

American soccer player

Tyler Danish

baseball player

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Alex Hay

American dancer and painter (born 1930)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Florida

• Mango
  4.7 mi away
• East Lake-Orient Park
  8.2 mi away
• Fish Hawk
  9.6 mi away
• Palm River-Clair Mel
  10 mi away
• Crystal Springs
  14.4 mi away
• Kathleen
  14.8 mi away
• Fuller Heights
  14.9 mi away
• Medulla
  15.4 mi away
• Mulberry
  15.9 mi away
• Egypt Lake-Leto
  16.9 mi away
• Lutz
  17 mi away
• Northdale
  19.9 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Dover

Sudoku Genius Mind Exercises Volume 1

Dover Florida State of Mind Collection · 2019

Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, east & west Florida, the Cherokee country, the extensive territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the country of the Chactaws

William Bartram · 1791

Florida architecture of Addison Mizner

Addison Mizner · 1928

Dover Community School

W.H. Cowan · 1947

Florida Bird Songs

Donald Joyce Borror · 1980

Florida Architecture of Addison Mizner

Addison Mizner · 2013

Seashore Life of Florida and the Caribbean

Gilbert L. Voss · 2002

The Disputed Presidential Election of 2000

E. D. Dover · 2003

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire BLUE LAKE, Indian River, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-09-15 · 94 mi
• Wildfire H2, Palm Beach, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 140 mi
• Wildfire THE H1, Palm Beach, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-08-15 · 144 mi
• Wildfire HOLEY LAND (6), Broward, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-07-28 · 148 mi
• Wildfire L 28, Broward, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-07-28 · 148 mi
• Wildfire S7, Broward, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-09-04 · 157 mi
• Wildfire 22, Miami-Dade, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 175 mi
• Wildfire Mitchell, Ware, Georgia
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 183 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-24 17:30 UTC.