DOVER
Strafford County Seat • New Hampshire
Incorporated in as a city 1855
Dover’s nickname is: “The Garrison City”. In 1623, William and Edward Hilton settled near the confluence of the Bellamy and Piscataqua rivers. The area was called Cochecho Plantation, adopting its Abenaki name, making Dover the oldest permanent settlement in New Hampshire, and seventh in the entire United States.
In 1633, Cochecho Plantation was bought by a group of English Puritans who planned to settle in New England and the settlement was renamed “Bristol”. The town was called “Dover” in 1637 by the new governor, Reverend George Burdett. Settlers built fortified log houses called garrisons, inspiring Dover’s nickname “The Garrison City”.
Dover was the birthplace of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, created by comic book writers Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird and first published by Mirage Studios – then based in Dover – in 1984.
Dover and Strafford County is a growing community with affordable housing and plenty of available retail space for new businesses. As a business-friendly community, Strafford County welcomes visitors, new residents, tech entrepreneurs, and all value-added businesses.
Strafford County, New Hampshire, its people, and its communities embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity and has many positive-minded seniors, friendly and inspiring people in historic business-friendly local communities.
The City of Dover and Strafford County is rolling out the “Welcome to Dover” welcome mat to new entrepreneurs, new startups, business founders, new residents, seniors, and more value-added businesses.
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