Dover, Ohio

Dover population, 2020 to 2024

Dover lost 242 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -57. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 211th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Dover is 93% of it.

Dover covers 5.79 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 2,236 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Dover is denser than the typical town.

What county Dover is in

All of Dover's residents live in Tuscarawas County, which had 92,048 residents in 2024. Dover holds 14.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dover

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dover by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44622. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Dover is

The Census internal point of Dover is at 40.530000, -81.481000. Columbus, the capital, is 89.3 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Philadelphia, OH (17,378 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Akron, OH, 38.1 miles away.

Daylight in Dover

At 40.53° N, Dover gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dover

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is New Philadelphia, 3.7 miles away, with 17,378 people.