 dover is a 6th-class city in mason county, kentucky, united states. the population was 316 at the 2000 census. it is part of the maysville micropolitan statistical area. ==geography== dover is located at  (38.757993, -83.882536). according to the united states census bureau, the city has a total area of , of which  is land and 2.00% is water. ==history== the town of dover was laid out by arthur fox jr. in 1818 and possibly named for dover, england, his father's hometown.{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3lac2fusj_oc&lpg=pa49&dq=cannon%20ky&pg=pa84#v=onepage&q=cannon%20ky&f=false | title=kentucky place names | publisher=university press of kentucky | date=1987 | accessdate=2013-04-28 | author=re
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