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Dover, Norfolk, MA
Dover’s history goes back over 350 years. It was first settled around 1635 and was originally part of the Dedham Grant. Prior to its incorporation as a Town, the area was named Springfield because it was predominantly a farming community with open fields centered around the "bubbling springs" of Trout Brook. It was incorporated as a Town in 1836. The chairman of the Springfield Parish committee chose the name "Dover" in honor of his ancestral home in England. doverma.org
Dover includes: Farm Street Station
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- 1635 - Dover is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates 
Packard Manor, built in 1778
Postcard- 1784 - Dover is incorporated
- 1845 - DOVER. [Pop. 520. Inc. 1784.]
Dover was originally a part of Dedham.
It is situated on the Charles, and its chief manufactures are of iron. The land is well wooded and...Read MORE... - 1848 - Dover
DOVER was originally a part of Dedham; it was incorporated as a precinct in 1748, and as a town in 1784. The church was embodied in 1762, and Rev....Read MORE... - 1854 - Dover
Dover, a post-township of Norfolk county, Massachusetts, 15 miles S. W. of Boston. Population, 1927.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - Dover Massachusetts, 1890
Dover is a pleasant rural town lying in the northwest part of Norfolk County, about 14 miles southwest of Boston by the Woonsocket Division of the...Read MORE... - 1895 - Dover
Dover, a post-hamlet of Norfolk co, Mass., in Dover township, on the New York & New England Railroad, 16 miles S.W. of Boston. The township has 3...Read MORE... 
Railway Station, Dover, Mass.
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Congregational Church
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Dover, a post-village of Norfolk co., Mass., in Dover township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 16 miles SW. of Boston. Pop. of...Read MORE... - 1948 - December 24 - 1st US house completely sun-heated is occupied (Dover, Mass)
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Town Hall, Dover, Mass.
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Packard Manor, built in 1778
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Dover, Massachusetts, USA
Railway Station, Dover, Mass.
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Town Hall, Dover, Mass.
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1635 - Dover is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1784 - Dover is incorporated
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1845 - DOVER. [Pop. 520. Inc. 1784.]
Dover was originally a part of Dedham.
It is situated on the Charles, and its chief manufactures are of iron. The land is well wooded and... Read MORE...
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1848 - Dover
DOVER was originally a part of Dedham; it was incorporated as a precinct in 1748, and as a town in 1784. The church was embodied in 1762, and Rev.... Read MORE...
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1854 - Dover
Dover, a post-township of Norfolk county, Massachusetts, 15 miles S. W. of Boston. Population, 1927.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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Dover Massachusetts, 1890
Dover is a pleasant rural town lying in the northwest part of Norfolk County, about 14 miles southwest of Boston by the Woonsocket Division of the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Dover
Dover, a post-hamlet of Norfolk co, Mass., in Dover township, on the New York & New England Railroad, 16 miles S.W. of Boston. The township has 3... Read MORE...
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1916
Dover, a post-village of Norfolk co., Mass., in Dover township (town), on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 16 miles SW. of Boston. Pop. of... Read MORE...
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1948 - December 24 - 1st US house completely sun-heated is occupied (Dover, Mass)
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