Dover (Tennessee)
Stewart County
47-21400
Dover is located on the Cumberland River in Stewart County, a city of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about 108 km west- northwest of Nashville. In 2000 the town had 1442 inhabitants. Dover is the county seat of Stewart County and part of the Clarksville Metropolitan Area.
Geography
Dovers geographical coordinates are 36 ° 29 ' N, 87 ° 51' W36.482222222222 - 87.844722222222 ( 36.482316, -87.844678 ).
According to the United States Census Bureau, Dover has an area of 10.1 km ², of which 9.8 km ² on land and the rest accounted of 0.3 km ² ( = 2.56 %) to water.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 1442 persons Dover. The population density was 146.5 people per km ². There were 656 housing units at an average 66.7 per km ². The Dovers population consisted of 94.73 % White, 3.05 % African American, 0.69 % Native American, 0.07 % Asian, 0 % Pacific Islander, 0.55 % reported from other races, and 0.90 % from two or more races. 0.83 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Dover distributed to 608 households out of which 23.0% were living in children under 18 years. 49.3 % married couples living together, 7.2 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5 % were non-families. 36.3% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 21.7 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size is 2.88.
The population was spread out with 19.4 % under the, 5.1 % 18 -24- year-old, 24.2 % 25 -44- year-old, 24.1% 45-64 year olds and 27.3 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 83.7 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 80.2 males.
The median household income in Dover was 33 839 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 42 266 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 27 227 U.S. dollars, compared to 21,563 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 18,483 U.S. dollars. 8.1% of the population and 11.1% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 9.5 % of minors and 16.7 % of those age 65 or over.
History
In the city there is a part of the Fort Donelson National Battlefield, west of Dover was the Battle of Fort Donelson during the American Civil War, from the 12th to 16th February 1862 occurred. The Union won a major victory there.
- City in Tennessee
- Location in North America
- Stewart County ( Tennessee)
- County Seat in Tennessee