Our History

Dover, Arkansas, is a town of about 1,500 people who are deeply steeped in their Ozark History. Dover has strong schools and strong churches. It is rooted in basic America values of honest work and honest pay. Dover census data showed a population of 1340 in 2003. The 2000 Census shows 1329 persons living within the city limits in 329 households. The average household size is 2.5 persons, different from the family structure of large families that would have typified families of 1900. The people of the Dover area have roots in Germany, Holland, Poland, Ireland, Switzerland, Ukraine, native America, and England.