About Dover Township

The township boundary is colored red with black, curved text of Dover Township. Center black text York County, PA Established 1743

It was under the authority of the Lancaster County Court that Dover Township was formed in 1743. It was formed out of old Manchester Township which was so large that it even extended into Adams County. The township’s name, Dover, was selected because of an Englishman’s nostalgia for his earlier…

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