Dover (Ohio)

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Dover
West Third Street in downtown Dover 2006
West Third Street in downtown Dover 2006
Location in Ohio
Dover (Ohio)
Dover
Dover
Basic data
Foundation : 1806
State : United States
State : Ohio
County : Tuscarawas County
Coordinates : 40 ° 32 ′  N , 81 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 32 ′  N , 81 ° 29 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 12,210 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 897.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 13.8 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of
which 13.6 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 268 m
Postal code : 44622
Area code : +1 330
FIPS : 39-22456
GNIS ID : 1039763
Website : www.doverohio.com
Mayor : Richard P. Homrighausen

Dover is a city in Tuscarawas County in the US state of Ohio with (2000) 12,210 inhabitants.

geography

Dover is 40 ° 31 '36 "N. Br., 81 ° 28' 38" W. L. on the Tuscarawas River , near the confluence of Sugar Creek .

The urban area covers an area of ​​13.8 square kilometers (5.3 square miles). About 0.2 square kilometers or 1.3% of this is covered with water.

Demographics

In 2000, the Dover, Ohio metropolitan area counted 12,210 residents during the census . These lived in 4996 households, with 3362 families living in the city itself. The population density was accordingly 896 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Of the people living there, 97.09 percent were of European descent. African, Asian, or Native American descent were less than 3 percent.

Children under the age of 18 lived in just under a third of households (30.2%). Another 54.4 percent lived together in marriage.

An average of 2.39 people lived in one household. An average of US $ 36,665 of household money was available to a household. The median income for a man was US $ 34,579 and that of a woman was only US $ 22,397. Nevertheless, around a tenth of the people live below the poverty line.

history

In 1806, brothers-in-law Christian Deardorff and Jesse Slingluff acquired 2000 acres of land at the confluence of the Tuscarawas River and Sugarcreek. At that time they paid only $ 4,600 for the unpopulated land that seemed fertile to them. They then laid the foundation stone for the city of Canal Dover .

Contrary to what the city founders had hoped, it took a while for a prosperous city to emerge. In 1818 there were five buildings in Dover, including the inn. The original hope that Dover could become the capital of a county was dashed when this honor went to nearby New Philadelphia .

The region experienced an upswing, even if this largely bypassed Dover. Many settlers of German origin also played their part in this. Another large stream of settlers came from Moravia via Pennsylvania to this area. Many German-sounding surnames can still be found in local telephone books today.

The Ohiokanal with towpath in 1902.

Dover's fate changed dramatically when the Tuscarawas River was included in the construction of the Ohiokanal in 1825. These waterways were part of a system that eventually connected the Ohio River with the Great Lakes and the Erie Canal . Dover became the only place along the Tuscarawa River to charge the canal use fee. The population grew as a result of the upswing from 46 inhabitants in 1820 to around 600 in 1840.

As a result, the city became known under the name Canal Dover and kept this name for many years in order to avoid confusion with other places called Dover. Many mills were built on the river. This soon began the change of the city from an agricultural and trading community to an industrial community. Although the importance of the canal was soon diminished by the expanding railway network, Dover continued to be industrial. After all, the place was in one of the most important industrial regions in the USA. This stretches from Pittsburgh to Cleveland and Detroit and was subsequently shaped by heavy industry (steel). By 1855 the city already had a steelworks with a melting furnace and a water-powered rolling mill . In the middle of the 20th century, the city had various heavy industry plants , including pipe production, mechanical engineering, chemical industry and two highly specialized steel mills.

In 1901 Dover was granted city rights.

Despite its highly industrialized economic structure, Dover remained influenced by the surrounding, agrarian regions, with Mennonites and Amish playing an important role. In the present, however, this agricultural influence on Dover is of very little importance. The major role of heavy industry, especially the steel industry, is also decreasing more and more, but the city compensates for this by setting up contemporary businesses, whereby the economic structure is becoming more and more diversified.

Culture and sights

Dover and the eternal rival and neighboring city of New Philadelphia hold an annual college football game in which the Tornadoes from Dover and the Quakers from the neighboring town compete in front of numerous visitors from both cities. This game has been going on every year for over a century without a single exception.

In addition, the canal is another special feature of the city that is worth seeing.

List of known citizens of this city

Web links

credentials

  1. ^ Anon .: Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer . Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme 1991. ISBN 0-89933-233-1 .
  2. ↑ cf. Legendary Vols' basketball coach Ray Mears Passes Away ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: The Chattanoogan June 11, 2007 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chattanoogan.com
  3. ↑ cf. History of Dover
  4. ↑ cf. Mooney Warther website .