Official Name: | Dover Hill, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Martin |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Center |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.01 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.01 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.78 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.78 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 96 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 123.71 |
Population Density Km2: | 47.76 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 38.7222°N -86.8°W |
Elevation Ft: | 623 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47581 (Shoals) |
Area Code: | 812, 930 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-18550[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2583449 |
Dover Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Center Township, Martin County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 96.[2]
A post office was established at Dover Hill in 1846 and remained in operation until 1906.[4] The community was likely named after Dover in England.[5]
Dover Hill is located in central Martin County with Indiana Highway 450 running through the town. The highway leads south 4miles to Shoals, the county seat, and northeast to Bedford. The town sits atop a narrow ridge that drains north to Dover Run and Pass Creek, and south to Branch Run and Beech Creek. Both creeks are tributaries of the East Fork of the White River, which passes east of the town.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Dover Hill CDP has a total area of 0.78sqmi, of which 0.001sqmi, or 0.13%, are water.[1]