Dover, New Hampshire, United States

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Dover, New Hampshire, United States, is a historic city in the Seacoast region known as one of the oldest permanent settlements in New England and a center for education, healthcare, and regional commerce.

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Dover, New Hampshire, United States canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
county seat
areaCode 603
borderedByMunicipality Durham, New Hampshire NERFINISHED
Eliot, Maine NERFINISHED
Madbury, New Hampshire NERFINISHED
Rochester, New Hampshire NERFINISHED
Rollinsford, New Hampshire NERFINISHED
Somersworth, New Hampshire NERFINISHED
climate humid continental climate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Strafford County, New Hampshire
surface form: Strafford County
elevationInFeet 30
elevationInMeters 9
FIPSCode 33-18820
foundingDate 1623
GNISFeatureID 0873590
governmentType council–manager government
hasChildrenMuseum Children’s Museum of New Hampshire
hasElementarySchool Garrison Elementary School
Horne Street School
Woodman Park School
hasHigherEducationInstitution Great Bay Community College – Dover campus
University of New Hampshire
surface form: University of New Hampshire – satellite and extension programs
hasHighSchool Dover High School
hasHistoricDistrict Dover Downtown Historic District
hasHistoricIndustry shipbuilding
textile mills
hasHospital Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
hasMayor yes
hasMiddleSchool Dover Middle School
hasMuseum Woodman Museum
hasPublicTransit COAST bus system
hasRailStation Dover station
hasRecreationArea Henry Law Park
Hilton Park
hasSchoolDistrict Dover School District
incorporatedAsCity 1855
incorporatedAsTown 1654
isOneOf oldest permanent settlements in New England
isPartOf New Hampshire Seacoast
surface form: Seacoast Region, New Hampshire
largestCityOf Strafford County, New Hampshire
surface form: Strafford County
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedOnRiver Bellamy River NERFINISHED
Cochecho River NERFINISHED
majorHighway New Hampshire Route 16 NERFINISHED
New Hampshire Route 9 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 4
namedAfter Dover, Kent, England
nearWaterBody Piscataqua River
notableHistoricEvent Cochecho Massacre of 1689
population approximately 32,000
populationCensusYear 2020
postalCode 03820
03821
primaryEconomicSector education
healthcare
regional commerce
regionalRole commercial center for New Hampshire Seacoast
employment hub for Strafford County
servedByRail Amtrak Downeaster
state New Hampshire
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

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Chip Kelly placeOfBirth Dover, New Hampshire, United States
John P. Hale placeOfDeath Dover, New Hampshire, United States
Charles Simic placeOfDeath Dover, New Hampshire, United States