Dover

Also known as Dover, Delaware, Dover, DE

city in and county seat of Kent County, Delaware, United States, and capital city of Delaware

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Dover is the capital city of Delaware and serves as the county seat of Kent County. It matters as the center of state government and administration for Delaware.

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Official name: Dover
Population: 39403
Area: 60.712152
Elevation: 11
Official website: www.cityofdover.com
Image: Dover Delaware.jpg
Households: 14740
Dialing code: 302

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Commons category: Dover, Delaware
inception: 1683-00-00
postal code: 19906
water as percent of area: 1.2524
P8168: common year starting and ending on Wednesday
per capita income: 26419
hashtag: Dover

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Dover (/ˈdoʊvər/ DOH-vər) 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 (for which Kent County is named). As of 2024, its population was estimated as 40,191.

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