Dover, Delaware
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Dover (/ˈdoʊvər/ DOH-vər) is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Delaware.[3] It is also the county seat of Kent County and the principal city of the Dover metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part of the Philadelphia–Wilmington–Camden, PA–NJ–DE–MD, combined statistical area. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware River coastal plain. It was named by William Penn for Dover in Kent, England (for which Kent County is named). As of 2020, its population was 39,403.
This article is about the capital of Delaware. For other uses, see Dover (disambiguation).
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Dover | |
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State capital and city | |
City of Dover | |
Etymology: Dover, Kent, England | |
Nickname: Capital of the First State | |
Coordinates: 39°09′29″N 75°31′28″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Kent |
Founded | 1683 |
Incorporated | 1717 |
Government | |
• Type | Council-manager |
• Mayor | Robin Christiansen (D) |
Area | |
• State capital and city | 23.97 sq mi (62.09 km2) |
• Land | 23.67 sq mi (61.30 km2) |
• Water | 0.30 sq mi (0.79 km2) |
Elevation | 30 ft (9 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• State capital and city | 39,403 |
• Density | 1,664.82/sq mi (642.79/km2) |
• Metro | 152,255 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP Codes | 19901–19906 |
Area code | 302 |
FIPS code | 10-21200 |
GNIS feature ID | 217882[2] |
Major highway | |
Website | www |
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