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Dover
is a port town in Kent in South East England.
Dover may also refer to:
Dover
Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings...
is a port town in Kent in South East England.
Dover may also refer to:
- Dover CorporationDover CorporationDover Corporation is a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of specialized industrial products and equipment within six segments. Dover Corporation is based in Downers Grove, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The company relocated its headquarters from New York in mid-2010.-History: can trace...
, a diversified industrial manufacturer - Dover (UK Parliament constituency)Dover (UK Parliament constituency)Dover is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
, the Parliamentary constituency that includes Dover, England - Dover CastleDover CastleDover Castle is a medieval castle in the town of the same name in the English county of Kent. It was founded in the 12th century and has been described as the "Key to England" due to its defensive significance throughout history...
, Kent, England - Port of DoverPort of DoverThe Port of Dover is the cross-channel port situated in Dover, south-east England. It is the nearest English port to France, at just away, and one of Europe's largest passenger ports, with 14 million travellers, 2.1 million lorries, 2.8 million cars and motorcycles and 86,000 coaches passing...
, a cross-channel port in South-East England - Dover sole, any of two species of flatfish
- Dover PublicationsDover PublicationsDover Publications is an American book publisher founded in 1941 by Hayward Cirker and his wife, Blanche. It publishes primarily reissues, books no longer published by their original publishers. These are often, but not always, books in the public domain. The original published editions may be...
, American publisher of books and, for a time, classical records - Dover RecordsDover RecordsThis article is about the British popular record label. For information about the earlier American classical label, see Dover Publications.Dover Records was a British record label that was formed about 1989....
, an English popular record label (for the American label, see above) - Dover (band)Dover (band)Dover is a well-known Spanish pop-rock band from Madrid that sings in English in most of their songs. Its current lineup is:*Amparo Llanos, guitar and band leader*Cristina Llanos, singer and guitar*Jesús Antúnez, drums*Samuel Titos, bass guitar...
, a Spanish rock band - Dover (truck)Dover (truck)Dover was a make of trucks, owned by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan. Hudson announced the Dover brand in July 1929 as "Dover, built by Hudson Motors."...
, a make of truck owned by the Hudson Motor Car Company, Detroit - Dover HouseDover HouseDover House is a Grade I-listed mansion in Whitehall, and the London headquarters of the Scotland Office. It is on the western side of the street immediately south of Admiralty House...
, a Grade I listed building in Whitehall, London - Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School DistrictKitzmiller v. Dover Area School DistrictTammy Kitzmiller, et al. v. Dover Area School District, et al. was the first direct challenge brought in the United States federal courts testing a public school district policy that required the teaching of intelligent design...
(court case) - Baron DoverBaron DoverBaron Dover is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of England, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. All three creations are now extinct....
, a British Peerage - The DoversThe DoversThe Dovers were an American garage rock band of the mid-1960s. The Dovers were an example of mid-1960s folk rock and pop, heavily influenced by the British Invasion and American groups such as The Byrds.-Career:...
, American garage-rock band - HMS DoverHMS DoverEight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dover, after the English town and seaport of Dover: was a pink captured from the Royalists in 1649 and sold in 1650. was a 48-gun ship launched in 1654, rebuilt in 1695 and 1716 and broken up in 1730. was an 8-gun dogger captured from the Dutch...
, the designation of several Royal Navy ships
Australia
- Dover, Tasmania
- Dover Island (Tasmania)Dover Island (Tasmania)Dover Island is a densely vegetated granite island, with steep slopes and an area of 295 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is the third largest of Tasmania’s Kent Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria. It is now part of the Kent Group...
- Dover Heights, New South WalesDover Heights, New South WalesDover Heights is a coastal, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Dover Heights is located 9 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council...
Canada
- Dover, Calgary, Alberta
- Dover, Newfoundland and LabradorDover, Newfoundland and LabradorDover is a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village located in a small cove at the head of Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. Settled in the early 1890s it was originally known as Shoal Bay, presumably from its many shallow covers and inlets in the area...
- Dover, Nova ScotiaDover, Nova ScotiaDover is a small village in Nova Scotia, Canada.-References:*...
- Port Dover, OntarioPort Dover, OntarioPort Dover is an unincorporated community and former town located in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada on the north shore of Lake Erie.The community was the subject of an American raid during the War of 1812, on May 14, 1814....
- Little Dover, Nova ScotiaLittle Dover, Nova ScotiaLittle Dover is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in The Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County.-References:*...
United Kingdom
- Dover (district)Dover (district)Dover is a local government district in Kent, England. Dover is its administrative centre. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of Deal, Dover, and Sandwich along with Dover Rural District and most of Eastry Rural District...
- Dover, Kent
- White Cliffs of DoverWhite cliffs of DoverThe White Cliffs of Dover are cliffs which form part of the British coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France. The cliffs are part of the North Downs formation. The cliff face, which reaches up to , owes its striking façade to its composition of chalk accentuated by streaks of black flint...
- Straits of Dover
United States
- Dover, ArkansasDover, ArkansasDover is a small town in Pope County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,329 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Russellville Micropolitan Statistical Area.- Geography :Dover is located at ....
- Dover, DelawareDover, DelawareThe city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware...
, the state capital- Dover Air Force BaseDover Air Force BaseDover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force base located two miles southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware.-Units:...
- Dover DownsDover DownsDover Downs Gaming & Entertainment ownes Dover Downs Hotel & Casino a hotel and casino that has a racing facility that holds harness horse racing on a track and NASCAR events on a concrete surface. The Sprint Cup track is now known as Dover International Speedway, and the Dover Downs name is...
, horse harness racing track - Dover International SpeedwayDover International SpeedwayDover International Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Dover, Delaware, owned by, and serving as the corporate headquarters of, Dover Motorsports, Inc. It is co-located with a harness racing track, Dover Downs, and shares the complex with Dover Downs Hotel & Casino...
, a NASCAR race track located at Dover Downs
- Dover Air Force Base
- Dover, FloridaDover, FloridaDover is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,702 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Dover is located at ....
- Dover, IdahoDover, IdahoDover is a city in Bonner County, Idaho, United States. The population was 556 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Dover is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- Dover, IllinoisDover, IllinoisDover is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 172 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Dover is located at ....
- Dover, IndianaDover, IndianaDover is an unincorporated town in Kelso Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.Dover is also the name for the unincorporated town at the intersection of IN 32 and IN 75 in Boone county about 7 miles west of Lebanon....
- Dover, KansasDover, KansasDover is an unincorporated community on the banks of Mission Creek in western Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. Founded in 1860, it was once a larger community, but it declined for most of the 20th century. Today a few commercial buildings remain at the intersection of K-4 Highway and 57th...
- Dover, KentuckyDover, KentuckyDover is a city in Mason County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 316 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Dover is located at ....
- Dover, Maine, merged with Foxcroft since 1922 to form a single town
- Dover, MassachusettsDover, MassachusettsDover is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,589 at the 2010 census.Located about southwest of downtown Boston, Dover is a residential town nestled on the south banks of the Charles River. Almost all of the residential zoning requires or larger...
- Dover, MinnesotaDover, MinnesotaDover is a city in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 735 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- Dover, MissouriDover, MissouriDover is a village in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. The population was 108 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town.-Geography:Dover is located at ....
- Dover, New HampshireDover, New HampshireDover is a city in Strafford County, New Hampshire, in the United States of America. The population was 29,987 at the 2010 census, the largest in the New Hampshire Seacoast region...
- Dover, New JerseyDover, New JerseyDover is a town in Morris County, New Jersey on the Rockaway River. Dover is west of New York City and west of Newark, New Jersey. As of the United States Census, 2000, the town's population was 18,188.-Geography:...
- Dover, New YorkDover, New YorkDover is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 8,565 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Dover in England, the home town of an early settler....
- Dover, North CarolinaDover, North CarolinaDover is a town in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 443 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 418 in 2008. It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
- Dover, OhioDover, OhioDover is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,210 at the 2000 census.-History and features:Dover was originally part of a grant to Col. James Morrison of Kentucky, who had received it from the federal government for Revolutionary War services...
- Dover, OklahomaDover, OklahomaDover is a town in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 367 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dover is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
- Dover, PennsylvaniaDover, PennsylvaniaDover is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,007 at the 2010 census.-History:James Joner purchased in 1764 and laid out the town of Dover...
, involved in the Dover trial - Dover, TennesseeDover, TennesseeDover is a city in Stewart County, Tennessee, United States, westnorthwest of Nashville on the Cumberland River. An old national cemetery is in Dover. The population was 1,442 at the 2000 census...
- Dover, UtahDover, Utah-External links:* at GhostTowns.com...
, a ghost town - Dover, VermontDover, VermontDover is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,410 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.3 square miles , all land...
- Dover, VirginiaDover, VirginiaDover is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Dover is located east of Middleburg at the intersection of U.S. Highway 50, Champe Ford Road , and Cobb House Road...
- Dover, Buffalo County, WisconsinDover, Buffalo County, WisconsinDover is a town in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 484 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Lookout is located in the town.-Geography:...
, a town - Dover, Price County, WisconsinDover, Price County, WisconsinDover is an unincorporated community located in the town of Emery, Price County, Wisconsin, United States....
, an unincorporated community - Dover, Racine County, WisconsinDover, Racine County, WisconsinDover is a town in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,908 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Kansasville is located in the town.-Geography:...
, a town - Dover Plains, New YorkDover Plains, New YorkDover Plains is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 1,996 at the 2000 census...
- Dover Township (disambiguation) (any of several townships)
People
- Ben DoverBen DoverBen Dover is an English pornographic actor and director/producer of pornographic movies.-Beginnings in the adult film industry:...
(born 1955), English pornographic actor and director - Connie DoverConnie DoverConnie Dover is an American singer-songwriter who primarily writes and performs Celtic music and American folk music. Born in Arkansas and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, she started her career playing bluegrass before joining Celtic band Scartaglen in the early 1980s...
, American singer/songwriter - Den DoverDen DoverDensmore Ronald Dover, known as Den Dover, is a British politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament for the North West England region from 1999 to 2009....
(born 1938), British politician - Eric DoverEric DoverEric Dover is an American musician, guitarist and singer, most notably with Jellyfish, Slash's Snakepit, Imperial Drag and Alice Cooper.-Biography:...
(born 1967), American musician - Gabriel DoverGabriel DoverGabriel A. Dover is a British geneticist. He is best known for coining the term molecular drive in 1982 to describe a putative third evolutionary force operating distinctly from natural selection and genetic drift...
, British geneticist - Kenneth DoverKenneth DoverSir Kenneth James Dover, FRSE, FBA was a distinguished British Classical scholar and academic, who was head of an Oxford college and from 1981 until his retirement in December 2005 was Chancellor of the University of St Andrews....
(1920–2010), British academic; former Chancellor of the University of St Andrews - Mildred DoverMildred DoverMildred Alice Dover is a former educator and Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007....
(born 1941), former Canadian politician - Robert Dover (Cotswold Games) (1575–1641), English captain and attorney
- Robert Dover (equestrian)Robert Dover (equestrian)Robert Jeffrey Dover is an American equestrian who has had international success in the sport of dressage. Riding from the age of 13, he began specializing in dressage at age 19 and competed in his first Olympics in 1984. He competed in every summer Games between 1984 and 2004, winning four team...
(born 1958), American Olympic equestrian