Dover, New Jersey Explained

Dover, New Jersey
Settlement Type:Town
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Map Caption1:Census Bureau map of Dover, New Jersey

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Pushpin Label:Dover
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Morris County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Morris
Government Type:Town
Governing Body:Town Council
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:James P. Dodd (D, term ends December 31, 2027)[1]
Leader Title1:Administrator
Leader Name1:Tara M. Pettoni[2]
Leader Title2:Municipal Clerk
Leader Name2:Tara M. Pettoni
Established Title:Incorporated
Established Date:April 1, 1869
Established Title2:Independent
Established Date2:March 5, 1896
Named For:Dover, England or Dover, New Hampshire
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[3]
Area Total Km2:7.06
Area Land Km2:6.93
Area Water Km2:0.13
Area Total Sq Mi:2.73
Area Land Sq Mi:2.68
Area Water Sq Mi:0.05
Area Water Percent:1.90
Area Rank:362nd of 565 in state
29th of 39 in county[4]
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:18460
Population Rank:148th of 565 in state
10th of 39 in county[5]
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Sq Mi:6898.4
Population Density Rank:68th of 565 in state
3rd of 39 in county
Population Est:18435
Pop Est As Of:2023
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:−05:00
Timezone Dst:Eastern (EDT)
Utc Offset Dst:−04:00
Elevation Footnotes:[6]
Elevation Ft:558
Coordinates Footnotes:[7]
Coordinates:40.8856°N -74.5592°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Codes
Postal Code:07801–07803, 07806, 07809[8] [9]
Area Code:973[10]
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:3402718070[11] [12]
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Blank1 Info:0885196[13]

Dover is a town in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located on the Rockaway River, Dover is about 31miles west of New York City and about 23miles west of Newark, New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 18,460, an increase of 303 (+1.7%) from the 2010 census count of 18,157, which in turn reflected a decline of 31 (−0.2%) from the 18,188 counted in the 2000 census.[14]

Dover is a majority minority community, with nearly 70% of the population as of the 2010 census identifying themselves as Hispanic, up from 25% in 1980.[15]

History

Joseph Latham was deeded the land that includes present-day Dover in 1713, from portions of land that had been purchased from Native Americans by the Proprietors of West Jersey. On May 31, 1722, Latham and his wife Jane deeded 527acres over to John Jackson of Flushing, New York. Jackson settled on the eastern portion of his land along Granny's Brook at the site of what would later become the Ross Ribbon Factory on Park Heights Avenue.[16]

Iron ore at the time was so plentiful that it could be collected off the ground at the nearby Dickerson Mine in Mine Hill. At Jackson's Forge, ore would be processed into bars that would then be transported to Paterson and other industrial areas towards the east. The passage of the Iron Act by the British Parliament led to financial difficulties, leading Jackson into bankruptcy in 1753, with all of his property and belongings sold off at a Sheriff's sale. Quaker Hartshorne Fitz Randolph purchased Jackson's property and annexed to his own existing property, which would later become part of Randolph Township.[17]

Dover was incorporated as a town on April 1, 1869, within Randolph Township and became fully independent as of March 5, 1896.[18] The town charter was amended in 1875. On May 7, 1896, Dover was reincorporated as a city and regained its status as a town on March 21, 1899, after the referendum that approved the change was invalidated by a court ruling.[19] [20]

In its past, Dover has had extensive iron and mill works, machine shops, stove, furnace, and range works, boiler and bridge works, rolling mills, drill works, knitting and silk mills, and a large hosiery factory (MacGregors). During this period, Dover was a port on the Morris Canal while it was operational; the boat basin was located at what is today the JFK Commons Park.[21]

Sources attribute the town's name to Dover, England[22] or Dover, New Hampshire.[23] [24]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town had a total area of 2.73 square miles (7.06 km2), including 2.68 square miles (6.93 km2) of land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2) of water (1.90%).[4]

The borough borders the Morris County municipalities of Mine Hill Township, Randolph, Rockaway Township, Victory Gardens and Wharton.[25] [26] [27]

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 18,157 people, 5,562 households, and 3,877 families in the town. The population density was 6,765.5 per square mile (2,612.2/km2). There were 5,783 housing units at an average density of 2,154.8 per square mile (832.0/km2). The racial makeup was 66.55% (12,083) White, 6.10% (1,108) Black or African American, 0.63% (114) Native American, 2.54% (461) Asian, 0.05% (9) Pacific Islander, 19.88% (3,610) from other races, and 4.25% (772) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 69.38% (12,598) of the population.

Of the 5,562 households, 33.0% had children under the age of 18; 43.6% were married couples living together; 15.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 30.3% were non-families. Of all households, 22.6% were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.21 and the average family size was 3.54.

21.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 110.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 111.2 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $59,454 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,227) and the median family income was $61,187 (+/− $2,750). Males had a median income of $34,722 (+/− $4,750) versus $28,098 (+/− $4,993) for females. The per capita income for the town was $21,581 (+/− $990). About 3.6% of families and 10.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.8% of those under age 18 and 15.8% of those age 65 or over.[28]

The 2010 Census showed that Dover's Hispanic population accounted for 69.4% of all residents, ranked fifth in the state by percentage, while 13% of New Jersey's population was Hispanic; the city was one of 13 municipalities in the state with a Hispanic majority.[29] The town had notable percentages of residents who were Colombians (15.2% of all residents), Mexicans (14.9%), Puerto Ricans (11.1%), Ecuadorians (5.6%), Hondurans (4.7%) and Peruvians (2.8%), with smaller percentages (from 1-2%) of Costa Ricans, Uruguayans, Chileans and Salvadorans.[30]

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census there were 18,188 people, 5,436 households, and 3,919 families residing in Dover. The population density was 6788.2sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 5,568 housing units at an average density of 2078.1sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the town was 69.45% White, 6.83% African American, 0.34% Native American, 2.47% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 15.99% from other races, and 4.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 57.94% of the population.[31] [32]

11.27% of Dover residents identified themselves as being of Colombian American ancestry in the 2000 Census, the second-highest percentage of the population of any municipality in the United States (behind neighboring Victory Gardens, New Jersey, which had 15.27% of residents so identified) with 1,000 residents identifying their ancestry.[33]

There were 5,436 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.29 and the average family size was 3.55.[31] [32]

By age, the population of the town is distributed relatively evenly, with 23.2% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 36.0% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.7 males.[31] [32]

The median income for a household in the town was $53,423, and the median income for a family was $57,141. Males had a median income of $31,320 versus $27,413 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,056. About 8.2% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.5% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.[31] [32]

Dover has a large Hispanic population with the largest concentrations being of Mexican, Colombian, Dominican and Puerto Rican ancestry. Hispanics have been a demographic majority since 1980, and have grown quickly. As of the 2000 Census, Dover's population was 57.9% Hispanic, making it the municipality with the fifth-highest Hispanic population percentage in New Jersey and one of eight New Jersey municipalities with a Hispanic majority. The surrounding Morris County area is predominantly non-Hispanic (7.8% Hispanic or Latino, of any race).[34]

Points of interest

Parks and recreation

Government

Local government

Dover operates using the Town form of government, one of nine municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.[38] The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the Town Council who are chosen on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The Mayor is elected at-large to a four-year term of office. The Towns Council is comprised of eight members, with two council members elected to two-year terms from each of the four wards on a staggered basis, with one seat coming up for election each year in each ward.[39] [40] The governing body had been known as the Board of Aldermen until October 2023, when the name was changed to the Town Council, making it the last municipality in the state to have used the term Aldermen.[41]

, the Mayor of Dover is Democrat James P. Dodd, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2027.[42] Dodd had previously served as Mayor from 2006-2019 and defeated incumbent Mayor Carolyn Blackman in the 2023 Democratic primary en route to returning to office.[43] Members of the Town Council are Geovani Estacio-Carillo (Ward 2; D, 2024), Sergio Rodriguez (Ward 2; D, 2025), Karol Ruiz (Ward 3; D, 2024), Arturo B. Santana (Ward 4; D, 2025), Michael J. Scarneo (Ward 3; D, 2025), Marcos Tapia-Aguilar Sr. (Ward 4; D, 2024), Claudia P. Toro (Ward 1; D, 2025) and Sandra Milena Wittner (Ward 1; D, 2024).[44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49]

In February 2023, Michael Scarneo was appointed to fill the Third Ward seat expiring in December 2023 that had been held by Adrian Ballesteros until he resigned the previous month as he was moving out of the town.[50]

Carolyn Blackman took office in 2020 as the first female and first black mayor in the town's history.[51]

Dover serves as the lead agency operating a joint municipal court that also serves the neighboring municipalities of Mine Hill Township, Mount Arlington, Victory Gardens and Wharton.[52] Established in 2009, the joint municipal court was projected to offer annual savings in excess of $250,000 over the 10-year life of the agreement.[53]

Federal, state, and county representation

Dover is located in the 11th Congressional District[54] and is part of New Jersey's 25th state legislative district.[55] [56] [57]

Prior to the 2010 Census, Dover had been part of the, a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.[58]

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 6,613 registered voters in Dover. Of those, 2,603 (39.4%) were registered as Democrats, 1,125 (17.0%) were registered as Republicans, 2,881 (43.6%) were registered as Unaffiliated, and 4 were registered as Libertarians or Greens.

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 72.4% of the vote (3,223 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 26.8% (1,195 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (35 votes), among the 4,494 ballots cast by the town's 7,196 registered voters (41 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 62.5%. In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 67.1% of the vote (3,172 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 31.7% (1,500 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (31 votes), among the 4,727 ballots cast by the town's 7,019 registered voters, for a turnout of 67.3%. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 57.2% of the vote (2,658 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 41.2% (1,914 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (34 votes), among the 4,643 ballots cast by the town's 7,356 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 63.1.

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 54.0% of the vote (1,055 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 43.6% (853 votes), and other candidates with 2.4% (47 votes), among the 1,994 ballots cast by the town's 7,078 registered voters (39 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 28.2%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 55.6% of the vote (1,408 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 36.3% (919 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 5.6% (142 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (21 votes), among the 2,532 ballots cast by the town's 6,750 registered voters, yielding a 37.5% turnout.

Education

The Dover School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.[59] As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 3,448 students and 244.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.1:1.[60] Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics[61]) are Academy Street Elementary School[62] with 470 students in grades K-6, East Dover Elementary School[63] with 389 students in grades K-6, North Dover Elementary School[64] with 658 students in grades PreK-6, Dover Middle School[65] with 524 students in grades 7-8 and Dover High School[66] with 1,094 students in grades 9-12.[67] [68]

The district serves students from Victory Gardens, which has been fully consolidated into the Dover School District since 2010.[69] [70] Students in grades 7–12 from Mine Hill Township attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[71]

Sacred Heart School was a Catholic school serving students in pre-school through eighth grade that operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. A successful fundraising effort in 2006 had kept the school open despite plans to close the school, but in 2009 the Paterson Diocese announced that declining enrollment and financial difficulties would lead to the school's closure at the conclusion of the 2008–2009 school year.[72]

The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, a technical school founded in 1976 by cartoonist Joe Kubert and his wife Muriel and the only accredited school devoted to cartooning and graphic art, is located in Dover.[73]

Infrastructure

Transportation

Roads and highways

, the town had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Morris County and by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[74]

Highways directly serving Dover include U.S. Route 46, New Jersey Route 15 and County Route 513. Interstate 80 is accessible from several neighboring towns.

Public transportation

Dover is served by NJ Transit bus routes 875 and 880,[75] [76] replacing service on the MCM2, MCM5, MCM7 and MCM10 routes until June 2010, when NJ Transit eliminated the subsidy as part of budget cuts.[77] [78]

NJ Transit Morristown Line and Montclair-Boonton Line trains stop at the Dover station.[79] Trains operate to Hackettstown, Netcong, Boonton, Morristown, Montclair State University, Summit, the Oranges, Newark, Hoboken, New York City, and intermediate points.[80] [81]

Lakeland Bus Lines provides regular service to Sparta, Newton, Mount Olive, Rockaway, Boonton, Parsippany, Wayne, New York City, and intermediate points from their terminal on the Rockaway Township border.[82] Service is also provided from Wednesday to Sunday between Dover and Atlantic City [83]

The Morris County Department of Transportation also operates bus service along Route 46 to Netcong and Mount Olive Township.[84]

Air

Dover is located approximately 15 minutes west of Morristown Municipal Airport, and approximately 40 minutes west of Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark / Elizabeth.

Health care

Dover is served by St. Clare's Dover General Hospital, located on Route 46, which is the local medical facility for Dover and other communities in western Morris County.[85] Saint Clare's Denville Hospital is located 5miles east of Dover in Denville, and Morristown Medical Center is located 11miles east of Dover in Morristown. The Zufall Health Center, founded in 1990, is located on Warren Street and provides basic medical and dental services to low-income residents of Dover and neighboring communities.[86]

Community

The community of Dover is centered around a developed downtown area around Blackwell Street, featuring many eateries primarily owned and run by Hispanics of various countries, offering their ethnic food.[87] Other culinary establishments include sushi, pizza, coffee shops, and popular Irish and Italian food.

Dover has been described as a walking town, as most parts of town are within about a 1/2 mile of the downtown area and most streets have sidewalks.[88]

Popular culture

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Dover include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.state.nj.us/dca/home/2023mayors.pdf 2023 New Jersey Mayors Directory
  2. https://www.dover.nj.us/cn/ContactInfo/?tpid=2315 Contact Information
  3. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 11, 2022.
  4. https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_34.txt 2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places
  5. https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/dmograph/est/mcd/density.xlsx Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey, 2020 and 2021
  6. , Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 5, 2013.
  7. https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990
  8. https://archive.today/20120724001719/http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&city=dover&state=NJ Look Up a ZIP Code for Dover, NJ
  9. http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/njzips.htm Zip Codes
  10. http://www.area-codes.com/search.asp?frmNPA=&frmNXX=&frmState=NJ&frmCity=Dover Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Dover, NJ
  11. https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website
  12. https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey
  13. http://geonames.usgs.gov US Board on Geographic Names
  14. https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010
  15. [Alana Semuels|Semuels, Alana]
  16. Daigle, Michael. "Dover at the Millenium", Daily Record, February 25, 1999. Accessed April 27, 2012.
  17. Kullen, Charlotte G. "Randolph — A Day in the Life", Daily Record, October 21, 1999. Accessed April 27, 2012. "It is here that in 1722, Dover's first European settler, John Jackson, built an iron forge that gave birth to the industry that for the next 21 centuries would shape the growth of the town... The ban wiped out Jackson, who sold his farm to Hartshorne Fitz Randolph, for whom the modern township is named, and his forge to Josiah Beaman."
  18. Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren. Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896-1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period, p. 210. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed September 22, 2015.
  19. Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 192. Accessed July 9, 2013.
  20. http://mclib.info/reference/local-history-genealogy/historical-timeline-of-morris-county-boundaries/ Historical Timeline of Morris County Boundaries
  21. Daigle, Michael. "Morris Canal's history gains more support: $440,000 in grants will help residents' preservation efforts", Daily Record, July 4, 2004. Accessed April 27, 2012.
  22. [Henry Gannett|Gannett, Henry]
  23. Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 28, 2015.
  24. Herman, Jennifer. New Jersey Encyclopedia, p. 267. State History Publications, 2008. . Accessed August 29, 2015.
  25. https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010523/touches.html Areas touching Dover
  26. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5hiBO5NWHt5YzdlbHhiWnNWU2s/view Morris County Municipalities Map
  27. https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries
  28. http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3402718070 DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Dover town, Morris County, New Jersey
  29. Mascarenhas, Rohan. "Census data shows Hispanics as the largest minority in N.J.", The Star-Ledger, February 3, 2011. Accessed December 18, 2017.
  30. https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/QTP10/1600000US3418070 QT-P10 - Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2010 from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Dover town, New Jersey
  31. http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603418070.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Dover town, New Jersey
  32. http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3402718070 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Dover town, Morris County, New Jersey
  33. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html Colombian Communities
  34. https://archive.today/20200212082710/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0500000US34027 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Morris County, New Jersey
  35. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=81000396}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Baker Building ]. National Park Service. Robert . Thompson . February 1981 .
  36. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=82003287}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blackwell Street Historic District ]. National Park Service. Robert P. . Guter . October 1980 .
  37. http://m66.siteground.biz/~morrispa/index.php/parks/hedden-park Hedden County Park
  38. https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey
  39. 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 58.
  40. https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=5 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"
  41. Westhoven, William. "NJ's last aldermen are gone as Morris County town switches to gender-neutral 'council'", Daily Record, October 25, 2023. Accessed November 5, 2023. "Dover no longer has a board of aldermen running things. Neither does New Jersey. The governing body of the Morris County municipality voted by a 5-4 margin on Tuesday to declare itself a 'town council,' effectively relegating the alderman title to Garden State history. Dover was the last holdout in the state after another Morris town, Boonton, made the same change in 2021."
  42. https://www.dover.nj.us/cn/Mayor/?tpid=2309 Mayor's Page
  43. Cahill, Frank. "Dodd Secures Decisive Victory in Dover Mayoral Race, Clinching 70% of Votes", Morris County Focus, November 9, 2023. Accessed February 4, 2024. "Ex-Mayor James Dodd achieved a resounding victory in Tuesday’s election, securing 70% of the vote in a bid to retake the position he previously occupied for four consecutive terms.... In the June Primary, Dodd competed against the incumbent Mayor Carolyn Blackman and Edward Correa. Dodd emerged with a majority of 50.6% of the votes, totaling 844. Blackman secured 24% of the votes, which amounted to 405, while Correa obtained 25%, equal to 418 votes."
  44. https://www.dover.nj.us/cn/TownCouncil/?tpid=2310 Town Council
  45. https://www.dover.nj.us/FCpdf/Financials/Budget/2023%20Dover%20Budget%201409%20Final%202023%2D08%2D22.pdf#page=11 2023 Municipal Data Sheet
  46. https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/v/3/manual/mc-manual-2024-web-040924.pdf#page=32 Morris County Manual 2024
  47. https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/v/9/elections/2024-municipal-elected-officials-032224.pdf Morris County Municipal Elected Officials For The Year 2024
  48. https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Morris/119045/web.317647/#/summary General Election November 7, 2023 Official Results
  49. https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/elections/past-results/2022-general-municipality-report-official.pdf General Election November 8, 2022, Official Results
  50. Westhoven, Michael. "Dover picks alderman to fill vacancy but also replaces longtime town attorney", Daily Record, February 16, 2023. Accessed April 26, 2023. "Dover has a new Third Ward representative after the Board of Alderman picked a former school board member and planning board chairman to fill an open seat. The board also selected a new municipal attorney at last week's meeting. The board chose Michael Scarneo to fill its vacancy after former Adrian Ballesteros moved to California and resigned his seat on Jan. 8."
  51. Gomez, Jessie. "New Dover mayor sworn in, deals with town employee resignations", Daily Record, January 2, 2020. Accessed March 27, 2020. "After a tight election race in November, Carolyn Blackman was sworn in Wednesday morning as the first black and first woman mayor, ending former Mayor James Dodd's 13-year run."
  52. http://www.dover.nj.us/uppages/2015%20Reorg.%20Minutes-APPROVED.pdf Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Town of Dover Minutes of the Reorganization Meeting for January 1, 2015
  53. Forrest, Cindy. "Victory Gardens Council judges proposal for joint municipal court", The Record, May 18, 2012. Accessed July 29, 2015. "With Dover as the lead agency, four other area towns - Rockaway Borough, Wharton, Mine Hill, and Mt. Arlington - entered into a landmark municipal court shared-services agreement in 2009 anticipating an estimated $2.65 million savings over the 10-year life of the contract."
  54. https://www.njredistrictingcommission.org/documents/2021/Data2021/Plan%20Components.pdf 2022 Redistricting Plan
  55. https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District
  56. https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf 2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government
  57. https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#25 Districts by Number for 2011-2020
  58. http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=56 2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government
  59. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=5f05919009164f078e189fd1bcfd24a8 Dover Public Schools District Policy 0110 - Identification
  60. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3403930&DistrictID=3403930 District information for Dover Public School District
  61. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3403930 School Data for the Dover School District
  62. https://ase.dover-nj.org/ Academy Street Elementary School
  63. https://ede.dover-nj.org/ East Dover Elementary School
  64. https://nde.dover-nj.org/ North Dover Elementary School
  65. https://dms.dover-nj.org/ Dover Middle School
  66. https://dhs.dover-nj.org/ Dover High School
  67. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/27/1110 School Performance Reports for the Dover Public School District
  68. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1110 New Jersey School Directory for the Dover School District
  69. Martin, Liz. "Voters have their say on the budgets", Neighbor News, April 28, 2010. Accessed July 11, 2016. "The school board goes from 11 members to 10 after this election as the temporary Board seat assigned to the Victory Gardens representative Danielle Press expired permanently on April 20. Now that Victory Gardens has merged with the Dover school district, there will no longer be a dedicated Victory Gardens seat on the Board. Any resident from either Dover or Victory Gardens will be eligible to run for any available Board seat."
  70. http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2009/0701nonops.htm 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated
  71. http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/27/1110/040.html Dover High School 2015 Report Card Narrative
  72. Diamant, Jeff; and Adarlo, Sharon. "Dover's Sacred Heart School, saved in 2006, to close in June", The Star-Ledger, January 9, 2009. Accessed September 3, 2003. "An 85-year-old Catholic school in Dover will close in June, two years after parents and alumni worked to stave off that fate by raising money and working to increase enrollment. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson said the student body at Sacred Heart School has since dropped back to unsustainable levels -- 121 from preschool through eighth grade -- and the current term will be the school's last."
  73. Jennings, Dana. "Paper, Pencil And a Dream", The New York Times, December 14, 2003. Accessed March 29, 2012. "Mr. Kubert said that Dover, which has 18,000 people and is bisected by the Rockaway River, suits him. He and his wife, Muriel, raised their five children here, and it was here that they opened their school."
  74. http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Morris.pdf Morris County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction
  75. https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Engineering-Transportation/Riding-the-Bus Riding the Bus
  76. http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Morris_County_Map.pdf Morris County System Map
  77. https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212333/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesMorrisCountyTo Morris County Bus/Rail Connections
  78. http://www.njtransit.com/var/var_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=ServiceChangesPvtCarrierTo Private Carrier Bus Service reductions
  79. https://www.njtransit.com/station/dover-station Dover Station
  80. https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/rail/2023/04/230003/bntn.pdf Montclair-Boonton Line
  81. https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/rail/2023/04/230004/mne.pdf Morris and Essex Line
  82. http://www.lakelandbus.com/bus-schedule Bus Schedule
  83. http://www.lakelandbus.com/ac.html Lakeland Bus Lines Atlantic City Schedule
  84. http://www.morrisdot.org/bus/MOM_timetable.pdf Morris On the Move (M.O.M.) Timetable
  85. https://www.saintclares.com/Our-Locations/Saint-Clares-Dover-Hospital.aspx Saint Clare's Dover Hospital
  86. https://www.zufallhealth.org/about-us/mission-and-history/ Mission and History
  87. http://dovernj.areaconnect.com/restaurants/ Dover New Jersey Restaurants and Food Resources
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  89. Hyman, Vicki. "Baker Theatre", The Star-Ledger, March 18, 2008. Accessed September 3, 2013. "It'll take 9 1/2 weeks to scrub these images out of our brains. Mickey Rourke, in flowing blond locks and lime green spandex, thrilled wrestling fans over the weekend in Dover, where he was filming scenes for his upcoming movie The Wrestler in between real wrestling matches at the historic Baker Theater."
  90. http://www.livemetallica.com/live-music/0,233/Metallica-mmp3-flac-download-1-31-2009-Prudential-Center-Newark-NJ.html January 31, 2009 Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
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  92. http://www.tv.com/the-sopranos/irregular-around-the-margins/episode/312307/summary.html The Sopranos Season 5 Episode 5 - Irregular Around the Margins
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  95. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000476 William Fred Birch
  96. Ewing, Emma Mai. "The 'Funnnies' Can Be Serious", The New York Times, September 12, 1976. Accessed May 20, 2020. "'I moved into the comics business in New York in 1935, first at Fifth Avenue and 32d Street and then at Seventh Avenue and 23d Street. I commuted from Dover for $6.45 a week.'"
  97. Seman, Rob. "Dover artist flexes muscle with Spider-Man: 24-year-old illustrates Marvel's superhero comic aimed at readers ages 6-12", Daily Record, June 30, 2004. Accessed March 29, 2012. "Shane Davis could be thought of as a strand in Spider-Man's web. The 24-year-old Dover artist and alumnus of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art is the penciller of "Marvel Age Spider-Man," a new line of comic books being marketed for readers ages 6-12."
  98. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=duffy-004jam Jim Duffy
  99. https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=F000303 Foster, George Peter (1858-1928)
  100. https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000091 Halsey, Thomas Jefferson (1863-1951)
  101. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/joneske01.shtml Ken Jones
  102. Townsend, Cara. "Paula Kassell, feminist pioneer and Dover resident, dies at 94", Daily Record, September 1, 2012. Accessed September 5, 2012. "Kassell was a long-time women's rights activist who in 1972 founded the news tabloid, New Directions for Women, and later convinced the New York Times to use Ms. in addition to Miss and Mrs. on the paper's pages."
  103. Ruymar, Lorene. "The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians", via Google Books, p. 26. Centerstream Publications, 1996. . Accessed November 23, 2008.
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  106. Smith, Bud. "Ben Loory Interview", Hobart Pulp, May 28, 2018. Accessed March 6, 2021. "I grew up in a small town called Dover, which is about a half hour west of New York, off Route 46."
  107. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/stuart-loory-globe-trotting-journalist-and-cnn-bureau-chief-dies-at-82/2015/01/16/e0419bb4-9da0-11e4-a7ee-526210d665b4_story.html "Stuart Loory, globe-trotting journalist and CNN executive, dies at 82"
  108. http://www.nfl.com/players/jacquemackinnon/profile?id=MAC590139 Jacque MacKinnon
  109. http://redwings.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8470778 Drew Miller
  110. via Associated Press. "Red Wings claim F Drew Miller off waivers", Sporting News, November 11, 2009. Accessed April 26, 2012. "The Detroit Red Wings have claimed forward Drew Miller off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 25-year-old native of Dover, N.J., had no points and two penalty minutes with the Lightning in 14 games this season."
  111. Staff. A Community of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study Faculty and Members 1930-1980, p. 293. Institute for Advanced Study, 1980. Accessed November 22, 2015. "Mintz, Sidney Wilfred 74-75 Soc, Anthropology, History Born 1922 Dover, NJ."
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  113. Robinson, Chris. Animators Unearthed: A Guide to the Best of Contemporary Animation, p. 57. A & C Black, 2010. . Accessed December 1, 2017. "Born in Dover, New Jersey, PES says that he says that he was always interested in art."
  114. Schoonejongen, John. "RNC Chairman Priebus touts his Jersey cred", Asbury Park Press Capitol Quickies, August 30, 2012. Accessed November 8, 2012. "'I have something in common I think a little bit with you all, I was born in New Jersey,' Reince Priebus told New Jersey Republicans at their delegation breakfast. "I was born in Dover, and some of my favorite childhood memories … we moved when I was seven to Wisconsin, but I still remember very fondly, and I think about it, was growing up in Netcong. That's where I grew up.'"
  115. http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=522243 "N.J. Statehouse to honor Sherry Ross"
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  117. https://books.google.com/books?id=tfM7AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Edgar+D.+Tillyer%22+dover "Edgar D. Tillyer"
  118. http://chargers.com/team/roster/jyles-tucker.htm Jyles Tucker
  119. https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/4452/shirley-turner Shirley Turner
  120. Tavelski, Nick. Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door, p. 683. Omnibus Press, 2010. Accessed May 20, 2020. "Hailing from Dover, New Jersey, Waibel began playing guitar aged nine."
  121. https://www.dailyrecord.com/videos/sports/2019/01/12/ava-ziegler-dover-wins-skating-sectional/2558637002/ "Ava Ziegler of Dover wins skating sectional"

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