THE DOVER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland setting.
Dover city has 26.7 square miles of land in Strafford County. Its Census reference point is in Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Dover and Strafford County
Dover is associated with Strafford County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Dover by land and water
The Census records 2.31 square miles of water within Dover, or 8% of its total area. It is 4 percentage points higher than the 3.9% recorded for Strafford County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dover city has 2.3 times the land area of nearby Madbury town (11.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

