Dover

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Dover

Total population

247

Median home value

$93,800

3.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$70,962

Dover$71k

National$74k

Elevation158 m

Land area1.16 km²

Weather68°F · Chance Rain Showers

Coordinates38.76°, -83.89°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Dover is a home rule-class city in Mason County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 221 at the 2020 census, down from 252 in 2010. It is part of the Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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, KY from NOAA NWS API.

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Steve Stivers

U.S. Representative from Ohio

Jackson Showalter

American chess player (1860–1935)

J

James B. Foley

American politician (1807-1886)

Stanley Forman Reed

American judge (1884–1980)

R

Russell Smith

American jazz musician (1890–1966)

J

Joe Smith

American jazz trumpeter

F

Frank T. Campbell

American politician

Margaret Q. Adams

Deputy sheriff (1874-1974)

P

Pat Deisel

American baseball player (1876-1948)

Slim Sallee

American baseball player (1885–1950)

William Franklin Martin

American military officer (1863-1942)

H

Henry Sells Patterson

J

Joseph Newton Hemphill

United States Navy officer (1847-1931)

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

Nearby places in Kentucky

• Germantown
  8.1 mi away
• Maysville
  9 mi away · pop. 8,737
• Sardis
  15.8 mi away
• Mays Lick
  16.5 mi away
• Mount Olivet
  17.5 mi away
• Mentor
  21.5 mi away
• Ewing
  22.8 mi away
• Elizaville
  23.9 mi away
• Flemingsburg
  24.3 mi away
• Butler
  26.1 mi away · pop. 515
• Claryville
  30.1 mi away · pop. 3,251
• Alexandria
  30.4 mi away · pop. 10,562

Browse all places in Kentucky →

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

The Dover Mound

William Snyder Webb · 2014

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone · 2010

Genealogy of the Greenlee families

Ralph Stebbins Greenlee · 1908

Flood insurance study

United States. Federal Insurance Administration. · 1977

1980 census of housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1983

1990 census of population and housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1992

A Short History of the Civil War

Fletcher Pratt · 1948

Monkey girl

Edward Humes · 2007

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Southern Black Widow

Latrodectus mactans

Seen 2026-09-18

Carolina Mantis

Stagmomantis carolina

Seen 2026-09-12

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

Seen 2026-09-10

Rainbow Scarab

Phanaeus vindex

Seen 2026-09-08

Wingstem

Verbesina alternifolia

Seen 2026-08-27

Tan Jumping Spider

Platycryptus undatus

Seen 2026-08-24

crown-tipped coral fungus

Artomyces pyxidatus

Seen 2026-08-23

Golden Oyster Mushroom

Pleurotus citrinopileatus

Seen 2026-08-23

white snakeroot

Ageratina altissima

Seen 2026-08-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).