Dover (New Hampshire)

Strafford County

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Dover is a town ( City ) in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It is the administrative seat of Strafford County in the east of the state.

Geography

The city has an area of 75.2 km ², of which 69.2 km ² of land and 6.1 km ² (8.09 %) of water. Dover is drained by the rivers Cocheco River and Bellamy River. The city is located 15 m above sea level, the highest point is Long Hill (Eng. "Long Hill" ) with 91 m height 5 km north-west of the city center.

History

Dover was founded in 1623 as a community ( Town) and raised in 1855 to the city ( City).

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Conor Casey ( born 1981 ), football player
• Jenny Thompson (born 1973 ), swimmer

Personalities who were associated with Dover or

• Jeremy Belknap (* 1744, † 1798), cleric
• Daniel Meserve Durell (* 1769, † 1841), politician
• John P. Hale (* 1806, † 1873), politician
• Joshua G. Hall ( * 1828, † 1898), politician
• Tommy Makem (* 1932, † 2007), musician
• Charles H. Sawyer (* 1840, † 1908), politician
• John Underhill (* 1597, † 1672), Puritans
• John Wentworth Jr. ( * 1745, † 1787), a lawyer