Tennessee · Census place 4721400
Dover, Tennessee
Dover is a city in Stewart County, Tennessee with an estimated 1,893 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 181st largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,893
- #181 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +3.1%
- +57 people
- Land area
- 3.9 sq mi
- + 0.11 sq mi water
- Density
- 492 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Dover population, 2020 to 2024
Dover added 57 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +15.
Dover covers 3.85 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 492 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Dover is less dense than the typical town.
What county Dover is in
All of Dover's residents live in Stewart County, which had 14,365 residents in 2024. Dover holds 13.2% 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: 37058. 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 36.481600, -87.843800. Nashville, the capital, is 62.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cadiz, KY (2,741 people), 26.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 28.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.481600, -87.843800
- DMS
- 36°28'53.76"N 87°50'37.68"W
- UTM
- 16N 424414.6E 4037698.0N
- Geohash
- dn3x9160e
- Plus code
- 868JF5J4+JF
Daylight in Dover
At 36.48° N, Dover gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 59 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 Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Tennessee Ridge, 12.1 miles away, with 1,361 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Dover, TN?
1,893 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 57 (3.1%) from 1,836 in July 2020.
What county is Dover in?
Stewart County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Dover?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37058.
How far is Dover from Nashville?
62.9 miles (101.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Dover.
What is the nearest larger city to Dover?
Cadiz, KY, with 2,741 residents, 26.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.