Dover, Delaware

Dover
State capital and city
City of Dover
View of Loockerman Street in downtown Dover
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Etymology: Dover, Kent, England
Nickname:  Capital of the First State
Location in Kent County and the state of Delaware.
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Coordinates: 39°09′29″N 75°31′28″W / 39.15806°N 75.52444°W / 39.15806; -75.52444
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Kent
Founded	1683
Incorporated	1717
Government
• Type	Council-manager
• Mayor	Robin Christiansen (D)
Area [1]
• 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 [2]	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.cityofdover.com

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.