Dover is the capital and the second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Delaware, after Wilmington. It is also the county seat of Kent County and the principal city of the Dover metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part of the Philadelphia–Wilmington–Camden, PA–NJ–DE–MD, combined statistical area. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware River coastal plain. It was named by William Penn for Dover in Kent, England. As of 2024, its population was estimated as 40,191.
Mid-Atlantic
Dover
Kent County, DE
Population
38,879
Walk Score
82 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,165
Median home value
$222,800
Founded
1683
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Dover Green Historic District · listed 1977
- Victorian Dover Historic District · listed 1979
Notable landmarks
- Bradford-Loockerman House · listed 1972
- Building 1301, Dover Air Force Base · listed 1994
- Bullen, John, House · listed 1975
- Carey Farm Site · listed 1977
- Christ Church · listed 1972
- Delaware State Museum Buildings · listed 1972
- Dickinson, John, House · listed 1966
- Eagle Tavern
- Eden Hill · listed 1973
- Governor's House · listed 1972
- Great Geneva · listed 1973
- Greenwold · listed 1973
- Hughes-Willis Site · listed 1978
- John Wesley Cmetery at Dover AFB
- Loockerman Hall · listed 1971
- Macomb Farm · listed 1974
- Mifflin-Marim Agricultural Complex · listed 1984
- Old Statehouse · listed 1971
- Palmer Home · listed 1988
- Scotten-Ford Agricultural Complex
- Town Point · listed 1972
- Tyn Head Court · listed 1973
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