page_title: Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio
section_title: Lake Maumee
hierarchical_section_title: Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio / Name and history / Prehistory / Lake Maumee
caption_attribution_description: English: Remnant old-growth oak tree in Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio
context_page_description: Dover Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 1,578 people in the township, and estimated a population of 1,570 for 2014.
context_section_description: Dover Township's soils are sandy. It is because all of Dover Township, lies within Ohio's Lake Plains region, which was once the bottom of an ancient lake known as Lake Maumee. As water levels rose and fell, sandy beach ridges and sand dunes formed along the shore. Contributing to the sandiness of the soils is the Defiance Moraine, an ancient glacial ridge that runs north-south through the middle of Fulton County. It was created late, perhaps during a short re-advancement of the glacier, before it began to melt and form Lake Maumee.
  While not as fertile as clay soils, the sand is well suited to fruits and vegetables, particularly potatoes, because they are easy to dig. Potato farms are still found in the township.
caption: Remnant old-growth oak tree in Dover Township, reminiscent of the historical Council Oak in Winameg, Ohio, and typical of the grand flora once abundant in the Oak Openings Region[10][11]
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