Dover

town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Organization town_in_the_united_states Q204373
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Dover

Summary

Dover is a town in the United States[1]. Dover ranks in the top 4% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dover is located in Norfolk County[3].
  • Dover is in the country of United States[4].
  • Dover's image is recorded as The Dover Church, Dover MA.jpg[5].
  • Dover's instance of is recorded as town in the United States[6].
  • Dover's flag image is recorded as Flag of Dover, Massachusetts.jpg[7].
  • Dover's seal image is recorded as Seal of Dover, Massachusetts.png[8].
  • Dover's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128860199[9].
  • Dover's GND ID is recorded as 6069077-X[10].
  • Dover's locator map image is recorded as Dover ma lg.png[11].
  • Dover's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84064694[12].
  • Dover's postal code is recorded as 02030[13].
  • Dover's part of is recorded as Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Norfolk district[14].
  • Dover's part of is recorded as Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk and Suffolk district[15].
  • Dover's Commons category is recorded as Dover, Massachusetts[16].
  • Dover's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1865756[17].
  • +1635-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dover[18].
  • Dover's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 618319[19].
  • Dover's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.245833333333, 'lon': -71.283333333333}[20].
  • Dover's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/020_6l[21].
  • Dover's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 25-17405[22].
  • Dover's official website is recorded as http://www.doverma.org/[23].
  • Dover's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dover, Massachusetts[24].
  • Dover's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 00408bf0-c169-4719-9743-bf080b2ced2f[25].
  • Dover's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5589'}[26].
  • Dover's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5923'}[27].

Body

Founding

+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dover[18].

Identity

Dover's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dover'}[28]. Part of include Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Norfolk district[14], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district[29], in United States[30] and Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk and Suffolk district[15], a Massachusetts Senate electoral district[31], in United States[32].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Dover include Dover Demon[33], a cryptid[34], in United States[35].

Why It Matters

Dover ranks in the top 4% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).[2] Dover has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Dover is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Dover include Dover Demon[33], a cryptid[34], in United States[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved . sec.state.ma.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Adavyd · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Norfolk district, Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk and Suffolk district
    Instance of town in the United States
    Located in the statistical territorial entity Boston–Cambridge–Newton NECTA division
    Official website http://www.doverma.org/
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1465]]: [[Q139658898]]"
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