Dover
Dover is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,923 at the time of the 2020 United States Census. Located about 15 miles southwest of downtown Boston, Dover is a residential town nestled on the south banks of the Charles River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 5,920 residents
- Description: town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Dover Centre”, “Dover, MA”, and “Dover, Massachusetts”
- Postal code: 02030
Places of Interest
Highlights include Charles River School and Highland Cemetery.
Charles River School
School
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Charles River School was founded by parents on the banks of the Charles River in Needham, Massachusetts, United States, in 1911. In 1917, the school moved to Dover, Massachusetts.
Chase Woodlands
Nature reserve
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Chase Woodlands is a nature reserve located in Dover, Massachusetts. The property was acquired by The Trustees of Reservations in 1993. The reservation includes 2.5 miles of trails and is located across Farm Street from the Peters Reservation. Chase Woodlands is situated 2 miles southwest of Dover.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Needham and Westwood.
Needham
Needham is a town in Massachusetts, near Boston with a population of 32,000. Home to Olin College, it features a number of upscale and ethnic restaurants have turned it into a rather unlikely culinary destination.
Westwood
Town
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Norwood is a town of 32,000 in Massachusetts. Westwood has a population of 16,000. Westwood is situated 3½ miles southeast of Dover.
Wellesley
Wellesley is a city in Massachusetts in the Greater Boston area. It is a wealthy suburb and home to Wellesley College, Babson College and Mass Bay Community College. Wellesley includes the villages of Babson Park and Wellesley Hills.
Dover
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Town of Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.24525° or 42° 14′ 43″ northLongitude
-71.28236° or 71° 16′ 57″ westPopulation
5,920Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)United Nations Location Code
US AOVOpen location code
87JC6PW9+33OpenStreetMap ID
node 158893416OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Dover” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دوفر”
- Basque: “Dover”
- Catalan: “Dover”
- Cebuano: “Dover”
- Chechen: “Довер”
- Chinese: “Dover”
- Chinese: “多佛（馬薩諸塞州）”
- Chinese: “多佛”
- Czech: “Dover”
- Dutch: “Dover”
- French: “Dover”
- German: “Dover”
- Haitian: “Dover, Massachusetts”
- Haitian: “Dover”
- Hungarian: “Dover”
- Italian: “Dover”
- Japanese: “ドーバー”
- Kazakh: “Дувэр”
- Kirghiz: “Дувэр”
- Mazanderani: “دوور (ماساچوست)”
- Mazanderani: “دوور”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Dover”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dover”
- Norwegian: “Dover”
- Persian: “دوور، ماساچوست”
- Persian: “دوور”
- Polish: “Dover”
- Portuguese: “Dover”
- Russian: “Довер”
- Serbian: “Довер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dover, Massachusetts”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dover”
- Slovak: “Dover”
- South Azerbaijani: “دوور، ماساچوست”
- Spanish: “Dover”
- Swahili: “Dover, Massachusetts”
- Swahili: “Dover”
- Swedish: “Dover, Massachusetts”
- Swedish: “Dover”
- Tatar: “Довер”
- Turkish: “Dover, Massachusetts”
- Turkish: “Dover”
- Ukrainian: “Довер”
- Urdu: “ڈوور، میساچوسٹس”
- Urdu: “ڈوور”
- Volapük: “Dover”
- Welsh: “Dover, Massachusetts”
- Welsh: “Dover”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint Dunstans Episcopal Church and Dover Town Pound.
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