Overview
An unicorporated town founded within 1860 on the banks of Mission Creek. When comprised of the big community, however has been within decline for virtually all of the 20th century.Today two or three commercial buildings remain at a intersection of K-4 Highway and 57th Street, but these are primarily the residential district. a fresh based Dover Community Foundation has been created to trend lines the incubation of the community & retention of its history. Camp Daisy Hindman, a like big girl scout camp, is located Two miles south of the town. A single mile west of town occurs as L foot high drop-off called Echo Cliff.

History

Settlers come inside inside 1856. A Sage & Bassett families around Dover come from either SommersetShire, Bristol touching Dover, England. Virtually all sources credit a towns namesake to this connection however at least of these source lives that Dover, New Hampshire was the inspiration for the naming. Dover was mass produced the election district of Auburn town, October 1, 1860, and in the fall of 1867, was erected into a town. E.M. Hewins was the first trustee; Jacob Haskell and George Harden, Justices. A number 1 postmaster was Alfred Sage, appointed in 1862. A surname, Sage, is however widspread in the area in todays world.

When you took its peak years, Dover experienced the match mill, the wagon making business, 2 grist mills, deuce blacksmiths, an Auberge & Stage Coach Station, livery stable, Country store, iii cheese manufacturing plant. After shopping at output numbers, 2 of the big cheese manufactory around the U.s.a. were in Dover. A stone home cheese manufactory, built between 1856 & 1865 however stands now. A stone 1878 Sage Inn & Stage Coach Station, and the General Store built in 1900 also survive.

Civil War
Occasionally citizens of Dover come recorded when getting served in the 2nd Cavalry Regiment Kansas Volunteers, Company D. Sergeant Edwin M. Hewins enlisted Can 22, 1862. Promoted Sergeant March 18, 1865 Discharge Can 27, 1865, Little Rock, Ark. Private Henry F. Drake enlisted Oct. Quaternary, 1862. Mustered retired June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. North. Private Sylvander Worcester enlisted Sept. Eighter from decatur, 1862. Mustered retired June 22, 1865, Fort Gibson, C. North.

The Southwest Trail and The Sage Inn
A Southwest Trail was used as a connection from either a Oregon Trail on its route through Topeka to the Santa Fe Trail in Council Grove. Now main road Little joe, Kansas’ 1st paved main road, about folows a path of the trail. Along Mission Creek there were simply 2 stores in which a wagon can ford the creek, one of which was at Dover. An Auberge was built at this location, which handily was too a natural half-midway point of the trails ii day journeying by horseback. a Hostel was an ideal stopping point to rest or even trade out horses, acquire a bite to eat, & spend the nighttime. Mark & John Sage, come believed to keep close at hand crafted the stone building for their brother Alfred. Mark, especially, became the swell known stone mason inside the area & built numbers of of the stone domestic houses, barns & bridges around Shawnee & Wabaunsee Counties in Kansas. Them brothers come besides credited for their mason act on the original Kansas Capitol (east wing) inside Topeka from either 1866-1869. A Sage Inn was built withwithin both stages: A northern half of a todays structure go back 1865 & a southern half was built in 1878, fallowing the Southwestern Stage Company was purchased by Root Brothers of Wichita Transport Company. Around 1900, a railroad was built to Harveyville instead Dover. This was a clear prevent of a stage era & the lodge & station declined speedily.

Filling station
The microscopic Phillips 66 station was built In the late 1920's on the nor'-west corner of the K-Four Intersection. It late became the Sinclair station. These are currently there is no hanker operational when a gasoline station, however was another time utilized as a base of the local Volunteer Fire Department. A building was refurbished in the 1990's & now is utilized as an antiques & novelty shop.

General store
A General Store This building was too built by Alfred Sage, & was christened Somerset Hall fallowing his indigen at home, Somersetshire, England. Virtually all ordinarily referred thereto when Sage Hall though. a independent floor was a country store & the 2nd floor functioned as a community meeting hall. Around 1902, a We.O.O.F. (Oddfellows Lodge) began using a upstairs hall for their meetings, & tercet years late within 1905, a Oddfellows purchased a building from either the Sage personal upon Alfred's dying. Members keep around met there each month for 1 hundred years. a number 1 floor has inside recent days doubled as a café, & has been operated by a series of owners world health organization don't obviously lose the heart of their Dover community. These are non rare to watch local farmers are to the store early in the morning for coffee & the game of cards. Bicyclist from either either Topeka utilise a coffee shop as a pit prevent along their chosen path along K-Four from. Tensions survive between local residents & these bicycler though, in a main because a main road is narrow & good of turns, so making it hard for car traffic for about the bicycler. 1 local human, J Blodget is known for with created several works of anti-bicycle art that line stretches of the main road touching Dover. Historic people of Dover
[http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/biob/bassetj.html James Bassett] arrived inside the area in 1857 from either Onondaga County, Future York. The indigene of England, he was natural within Glastonbury, January 25, 1836. He was one of a organizers of a Dover State Bank, & was besides among people world health organization established the Dover Cemetery. In a area of the community he was fondly known as "Uncle Jim."

George W. Dailey was natural inside Up to date York & was the pioneer of the region with 800 demesne (Ternion.Deuce kilometre²) of farmland touching Dover. For the period he operated the store at Dover sustaining Harvey Loomis, & was likewise interested within the creamery. He occurs as charter member of the Dover burial site. He was was the notary public when dwelling on the domestic, & was the member of the board of education for many years.

Harvey J. Loomis was innate withwithin Wadsworth, Ohio & come to Kansas in 1857. When a civil war he was mass produced postmaster & established his professional in the basement of his personal. Late he was elected a foremost county tax assessor of Wabaunsee County. Fallowing serving for numbers of years when town trustee, member of the board of education & justice of the peace, wwhen eventually sent as representative of Wabaunsee County to the Kansas Legislature. He was the charter member of the Congregational Church at Dover. Around 1872 he became the partner of George W. Daily, inside the general store business.

Phillip Red was the German locksmith world health organization immigrated to Future York inside 1870. Around 1879 he come to Maple Hill, Kansas & proceeded to begin the domestic 5 miles northeast of Dover. He helped begin the number 1 Sunday school in the community, & was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Dover Lodge No. 490, of Dover.

Horace Mann Philips, originally the banker from either Pennslyvania, he come to Kansas inside 1891 to look when his investments there. Around 1897 he became financial officer of Shawnee County, & late moved to Dover & upon a organization of a Dover State Bank he accepted the post of cashier.

James J. Corkill born inside Englandwithin 1877, he come to Usa by having his parents in 1889. He grew higher around Dover & attended grade school there, & attend Topeka High School & Baker University. He fought around the Philippines by using the Twentieth Kansas Regiment, & returned to start a creamery in Topeka.

Wilbur F. George was the swell known farmer using virtually all of his land within nearby Menoken Township. His boy Milo maize got his domestic touching Dover.

Dover Federated Church
Rev. Charles H. Husband on July 7, 1903 was regularly ordained a minister of the Congregational church at the council held at Dover, of which Dr. Charles M. Sheldon of Topeka was Moderator.

A Methodist, Baptist, & Congregational churches conjunctive in the 1930s to form the Dover Federated Church.

Education
Dover High School closed around 1970 when a school territory consolidated by using the towns of Harveyville and Eskridge in nearby Wabaunsee County, and Mission Valley High School was built in the field Nine miles southwest of Dover on the geographic center of the 3 towns. Grades K-8 were also consolidated within 2003 when a fresh K-12 was built onto Mission Valley. A typical gradutating class size for the dominion is about L.