Town in Morris County, New Jersey, US
This article is about the town in Morris County. For the former Dover Township in Ocean County, see
Toms River, New Jersey .
Town in New Jersey
Dover, New Jersey
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Show map of the United States Coordinates: 40°53′08″N 74°33′33″W / 40.8856°N 74.559163°W / 40.8856; -74.559163 [ 1] [ 2] Country United States State New Jersey County Morris Incorporated April 1, 1869 Independent March 5, 1896 Named for Dover , England or Dover, New Hampshire • Type Town • Body Town Council • Mayor James P. Dodd (D , term ends December 31, 2027)[ 3] [ 4] • Administrator Tara M. Pettoni [ 5] • Municipal Clerk Tara M. Pettoni[ 5] • Total 2.73 sq mi (7.06 km2 ) • Land 2.68 sq mi (6.93 km2 ) • Water 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2 ) 1.90% • Rank 362nd of 565 in state 29th of 39 in county[ 1] Elevation 558 ft (170 m) • Total 18,460 • Estimate 18,435 • Rank 148th of 565 in state 10th of 39 in county[ 12] • Density 6,898.4/sq mi (2,663.5/km2 ) • Rank 68th of 565 in state 3rd of 39 in county[ 12] Time zone UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST) ) • Summer (DST ) UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT) )ZIP Codes 07801–07803, 07806, 07809
[ 13] [ 14] Area code(s) 973 [ 15] FIPS code 3402718070[ 1] [ 16] [ 17] GNIS feature ID0885196[ 1] [ 18] Website www .dover .nj .us
Dover is a town in Morris County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . Located on the Rockaway River , Dover is about 31 miles (50 km) west of New York City and about 23 miles (37 km) west of Newark, New Jersey . As of the 2020 United States census , the town's population was 18,460,[ 9] [ 10] an increase of 303 (+1.7%) from the 2010 census count of 18,157,[ 19] [ 20] which in turn reflected a decline of 31 (−0.2%) from the 18,188 counted in the 2000 census .[ 21]
Dover is a majority minority community, with nearly 70% of the population as of the 2010 census identifying themselves as Hispanic , up from 25% in 1980.[ 22]
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^ Semuels, Alana . "White Flight Never Ended; Today's cities may be more diverse overall, but people of different races still don't live near each other." , The Atlantic Citylab, July 30, 2015. Accessed August 4, 2015. "Segregation isn't just happening between black and white towns. Hispanic and Asian residents are segregated into their own cities and towns, too. Dover, New Jersey, for instance, a town 30 miles west of New York, was 70 percent Hispanic in the 2010 Census. In 1980, it was only 25 percent Hispanic."