Dover, a town of Morris co., New Jersey, on the Rockaway river and Morris canal, about 7 m. N. N. W. of Morristown and 32 m. W. by N. of New York; pop. about 2,000. It is on the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western railroad, and is the terminus of the Chester branch. It is situated in a region abounding in fine natural scenery, but derives its chief importance from the iron mines of the vicinity, and from its iron manufactures. The town contains an extensive rolling mill, a planing mill, a sash, blind, and door factory, a steam saw mill, a carriage factory, a brass and iron foundery, a printing establishment, and machine and car shops. There are six churches, four hotels, a national and a state bank, two savings banks, and a newspaper.

Dover #1

Dover, a town in the hundred of the same name, capital of Delaware, and seat of justice of Kent county, situated on St. Jones river and the Delaware railroad, 48 m. S. of Wilmington; pop. of the hundred in 1870, 6,394, of whom 1,839 were colored; of the town, 1,906, of whom 501 were colored. It is regularly built, mostly of brick, on high ground. The streets are wide, straight, well shaded, and cross each other at right angles. The principal public buildings face an open square, planted with elms, the E. side of which is occupied by a handsome state house. A new county court house and a new post office are in process of construction. The town contains a flour mill, two saw mills, a national and a state bank, an insurance company, two hotels, an academy, seven public and three private schools, a weekly newspaper, and six churches. Dover is the centre of the fruit-canning trade.

Dover #2

Dover, a township of Tuscarawas co., Ohio, on the right bank of Tuscarawas river, near the mouth of Sugar creek, about 70 m. S. by E. of Cleveland; pop. in 1870, 3,515. The village of Canal Dover in this township (pop. 1,593) is regularly laid out on the W. side of the Ohio canal, across which and the river there is a bridge 346 ft. long. It is the shipping point for large quantities of wheat and flour. It contains mills, furnaces, and tanneries, and a woollen factory.