New Dover, Ohio
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New Dover is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in Dover Township, Union County,
Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
, United States. It is located at , along U.S. Route 36, about three miles east of Marysville. New Dover was originally called Dover, and under the latter name was laid out and
plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bea ...
ted in 1854. The New Dover Post Office was established on February 5, 1856. As of 1877, the village did a considerable amount of manufacturing business. It contained one church, a school-house, one harness shop, one blacksmith shop, and several other stores.A.S. Mowry, C.E.,
Atlas of Union County, Ohio
', Harris, Sutton & Hare, Philadelphia, 1877, Pg. 20.
The post office was discontinued on April 30, 1935. The mail service is now sent through the Marysville branch.


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Unincorporated communities in Union County, Ohio Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{UnionCountyOH-geo-stub