About Dover, Delaware

Dover is a city of 39,403 people and the capital of Delaware, on the St. Jones River in Kent County. William Penn founded it in 1683 as the court town for the new Kent County and named it for Dover in Kent, England. A special commission of the Delaware General Assembly laid out the town in 1717.

In 1777 Delaware moved its capital here from New Castle. Dover sat in the middle of the state and was safer from British raiders on the Delaware River. An act of October 1779 let the assembly meet wherever it chose, so it moved among Wilmington, Lewes, Dover and New Castle. It finally settled in Dover for good in October 1781. Rallies and troop reviews filled The Green, the town square where Kent County's courthouse and the state's Supreme Court now stand.

  • Caesar Rodney's hometownCaesar Rodney, the popular leader of Delaware during the American Revolution, made his home in Dover. He was buried somewhere outside the city, and no one knows exactly where. Christ Episcopal Church, near The Green, honors him with a cenotaph in its cemetery.
  • A stop to freedomDover and Kent County split deeply over slavery. Because the city sat between slaveholding Maryland and free Pennsylvania and New Jersey, it became a stop on the Underground Railroad. A large Quaker community here also pushed for emancipation in the early nineteenth century.
  • Jell-O since 1964Kraft Foods has made Jell-O at its Dover plant since 1964, when production moved here from LeRoy, New York.
  • NASCAR every springOne spring weekend each year, NASCAR races at Dover Motor Speedway draw about 65,000 fans. In the 1990s and 2000s the crowds sometimes reached 140,000, and hotels still sell out weeks ahead of race weekend. Since 2012 the Firefly Music Festival has filled the speedway's woods each summer.

Find your street

Names on the Dover map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks50

  • Downtown
  • Silver Lake
  • Dover Air Force Base
  • Moores Lake
  • Fork Branch Nature Preserve
  • Dover Park
  • Schutte Park
  • Bicentennial Village
  • Carlisle Village
  • Cedar Chase
  • Chestnut Grove
  • Coopers Corner
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  • Crossgates
  • Dover Heights
  • Doverbrook Gardens
  • Dupont
  • Dupont Manor
  • East Lake Gardens
  • Edge Hill
  • Edgehill
  • Edgehill Acres
  • Fairview
  • Four Seasons
  • Fox Hall
  • Goldsboro
  • Greens of Dover
  • Heatherfield
  • Huntley Circle
  • Laffertys Corner
  • Lincoln Park
  • Lower Moores Corner
  • Mallard Pond
  • Manchester Square
  • Mayfair
  • Oak Grove
  • Oak Shadows
  • Persimmon Park Place
  • Postles Corner
  • Rodney Village
  • Schoolview
  • Sherwood
  • The Beeches
  • The Hamlet
  • Towne Point
  • Village of Westover
  • Wedgewood
  • Woodbrook
  • Woodcrest
  • Woodstock Court
  • Zurkow Development

Streets and roads167

  • South Governors Avenue
  • McKee Road
  • Bay Road
  • Saulsbury Road
  • Forest Street
  • East Division Street
  • North Little Creek Road
  • State Road 15
  • Hazlettville Road
  • Wyoming Mill Road
  • North Dupont Highway
  • State Road 8
  • South Dupont Highway
  • Pow - Mia Parkway
  • Forrest Avenue
  • State Road 1
  • North State Street
  • Bayside Drive
  • South State Street
  • Atlantic Street
  • Scarborough Road
  • South Little Creek Road
  • West Denneys Road
  • West North Street
  • White Oak Road
  • Court Street
  • Kenton Road
  • North New Street
  • South Bay Road
  • Long Point Road
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  • Road 341
  • Webbs Lane
  • Horsepond Road
  • Walker Road
  • College Road
  • East Loockerman Street
  • Leipsic Road
  • Dupont Highway
  • Lafferty Lane
  • Dover High Drive
  • Everux Street
  • Charger Way
  • Plaza Drive
  • Road 348
  • Kitts Hummock Road
  • South Queen Street
  • Lotus Street
  • New Burton Road
  • Electric Avenue
  • Topaz Circle
  • South West Street
  • Wyoming Avenue
  • Plaza Lane
  • Nob Hill Road
  • Mifflin Road
  • Trafalgar Drive
  • Acorn Lane
  • Merion Road
  • Chevron Avenue
  • Lewis Drive
  • Pear Street
  • Arnold Drive
  • Fulton Street
  • Wellington Avenue
  • Roosevelt Avenue
  • Ross Street
  • Mary Street
  • Colony Drive
  • Beiser Boulevard
  • Ridgely Boulevard
  • Oak Drive
  • 26th Street
  • Waples Avenue
  • Frear Drive
  • 13th Street
  • Bacon Avenue
  • Dover Street
  • Ann Avenue
  • Kurt Drive
  • Otis Drive
  • Bond Street
  • Orly Street
  • La Jes Street
  • Holmes Street
  • Silver Lake Boulevard
  • East Wind Drive
  • Kings Highway
  • Crawford Carroll Boulevard
  • Carnoustie Road
  • Stoney Drive
  • Dover Leipsic Road
  • North Bradford Street
  • Troon Road
  • Pine Valley Road
  • Fiddlers Green
  • Persimmon Tree Lane
  • River Road
  • Maple Glen Drive
  • Isabelle Isle
  • Tuskegee Street
  • Clara Street
  • Starlifter Avenue
  • South Farmview Drive
  • Wilson Drive
  • Lynnhaven Drive
  • Lexington Place
  • Banning Street
  • Haman Drive
  • Laurel Drive
  • Old Forge Drive
  • Falmouth Way
  • Marta Drive
  • Merlin Drive
  • Thornton Street
  • Hazel Road
  • Meadow Drive
  • Beth Place
  • Lakeview Drive
  • Crickle Creek Lane
  • Scull Terrace
  • Madison Street
  • Transit Road
  • Ridgely Street
  • Village Drive
  • Second Street
  • Buttner Place
  • Jeffric Boulevard
  • Elm Terrace
  • Hope Street
  • Sixth Street
  • Oak Lane
  • Baab Drive
  • Ruth Way
  • Tribbitt Street
  • Richard Basset Road
  • State College Road
  • Freedom Drive
  • Whatcoat Drive
  • Pebble Valley Drive
  • South Greenberry Lane
  • Cedar Chase Drive
  • Miller Drive
  • West Sheldrake Circle
  • Derbyshire Avenue
  • Maple Parkway
  • Shrewsbury Court
  • Millcreek Drive
  • Post Boulevard
  • Acacia Place
  • Kent Avenue
  • Mer Way
  • Artis Drive
  • April Drive
  • Road 68
  • Pub Safety Boulevard
  • William Street
  • Shinnecock Road
  • Commerce Way
  • College Park Drive
  • Delaware Avenue
  • Puncheon Run Con
  • Dogwood Avenue
  • Primrose Drive
  • Fourth Street
  • Signal Street
  • Deats Drive
  • McD Drive

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  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

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