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Place Name
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Dover
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Strafford County
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Population
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25,042 (1990)
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Location
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Strafford County, New Hampshire (NH), United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°11'N
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Longitude
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70°52'W
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Dover
, city (1990 pop. 25,042), 
Strafford co., SE N.H., 32 mi/51 km
ENE of Manchester, and 8 mi/12.9 km SSE of
Rochester; bounded E and drained by Cocheco R., bounded SE by
Piscataqua R. (tidal; Maine state boundary), SW in part by Bellamy R;
43°11'N 70°52'W. The 30 ft/9 m falls of
the Cocheco R. here have powered industry since the late 1700s. Mfg.
(electrical equip., plastic fabricating, shoes, business equip.,
printing and publishing, tool and die); insurance. Regarded by some as
the first permanent settlement in N.H., Lord Saye and Sele and his
group had large holdings here (1633-41). A massacre by Native
Americans occurred in 1689. In 1812 the first cotton factory was
established and the town thrived as a textile center. Attractions
include the garrison house (late 1600s); the Hale house (1806), where
Lafayette and James Monroe stayed; and a library organized in 1792.
Seat of McIntosh Col. Woodman Inst. is here. Covered bridges in N.
Settled 1623, inc. as a city 1855.
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