Dover, Windham County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Dover was originally a township of Wardsborough. On October 30, 1810, the Vermont Legislative Assembly passed an Act to incorporate Wardsborough and Dover into separate towns; the south district called Dover. Three villages make up historic Dover; Dover, West Dover and East Dover.

Town Histories
Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.

History of Dover, Vermont; 200 years in a hill town by Nell M Kull (1961) - Find this book in a library.

Vital Records
The town of Dover kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Dover kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)

FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Probate Records
The probate district for Dover is Marlboro. Marlboro Probate Court 80 Flat St. Suite 104 Brattleboro, VT 05301 Phone: (802) 257-2898

Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Dover. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Windham County, website at this link.


 * Baldwin Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Dover Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * East Dover Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hathaway Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Mountain View Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Rice-Snow Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Smead Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Dover Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * White Hill Cemetery (aka White Family Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Churches
1. West Dover Congregational Church   104 Route 100    West Dover, VT 05356    Phone:(802) 258-1143

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1789-1970, can be found on FamilySerach (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Dover Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records and deeds, 1789-1904; index to deeds, 1789-1972, and Dover,Vermont, vital records 1868-2002.

Town of Dover 102 Route 100 P.O. Box 428 Dover, VT 05356 Phone: (802) 464-5100 Website: http://www.doververmont.com/

Newspapers
Brattleboro Reformer

Libraries and Historical Societies
Dover Historical Society PO Box 53 East Dover, Vermont 05341 Phone: (802) 464-7351 Website: http://www.doververmont.com/historical-society

Dover Free Library 22 Holland Rd East Dover, VT 05341 Phone: (802) 348-7488 Website: http://www.doverfreelibrary1913.org/