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- Voting Alert: General Election Day, November 3, 2026, Voting Information — State of Delaware News (.gov)
- Dover Police Investigating Fatal Shooting Amid Off-Campus Crowds Following DSU Homecoming Events 10-11-26 — City of Dover Police Department
- Milford-area voters face choices on taxes, growth, local control and balance in Dover — Milford LIVE!
- 1 dead, another hospitalized following off campus shooting near Delaware State University — 6abc Philadelphia
- Halloween Weekend in Delaware: 10 Things to Do Across the First State — Delaware LIVE News
Dover (/ˈdoʊvər/ DOH-vər) is the capital and the second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Delaware, after Wilmington. 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 metropolitan 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 2024, its population was estimated as 40,191.