Pursuant to the City's Charter, the City of Dover shall be divided
into six wards with boundaries defined as follows:
Ward One begins at the Dover/Rollinsford boundary
line at Old English Village Road; thence following southeasterly along
the Dover/Rollinsford boundary to Broadway; thence southwesterly along
the center line of Broadway to the intersection with the Boston and
Maine Railroad; thence southeasterly along the railroad to Central
Avenue; thence southerly along the center line of Central Avenue to
Chapel Street, and follows the center line of Main Street southerly
to Washington Street; thence westerly along the center line of Washington
Street to Chestnut Street; thence northerly along the center line
of Chestnut Street to the Cochecho River; thence northerly along the
center line of the Cochecho River to Spaulding Turnpike; thence following
the center line of the Spaulding Turnpike northerly to its intersection
with Glenwood Avenue; thence following the center line of Glenwood
Avenue in a northeasterly direction to Central Avenue; thence turning
northerly and running along the center line of Central Avenue, to
Old English Village Road, and crossing Central Avenue following Old
English Village Road in an easterly direction to the Dover/Rollinsford
boundary line to the point of beginning.
Ward Two begins at Broadway and the Rollinsford/Dover
boundary; thence following the Dover/Rollinsford boundary in a southeasterly
direction to the confluence of the Cochecho/Piscataqua River; thence
following the center line of the confluence in a northwesterly direction
to a block line established by the 2020 census; thence turning southwesterly
to the intersection of Henry Law Avenue and Tennyson Avenue; thence
following the center line of Tennyson Avenue in a southwesterly direction
to Court Street; thence following the center line of Court Street
in a northwesterly direction to Union Street; thence following center
line of Union Street in a southwesterly direction to Central Avenue;
thence following the center line of Central Avenue southerly to Locust
Street; thence following the center line of Locust Street in a northerly
direction to Fisher Street; thence following the center line of Fisher
Street in a westerly direction to Rutland Street; thence following
the center line of Rutland Street northerly to Clifford Street; thence
following the center line of Clifford Street westerly to Towle Avenue,;
thence following the center line of Towle Avenue in a northwesterly
direction to the intersection with Silver Street; thence northwesterly
across Silver Street and following the center line of Arch Street
to center line of the Washington Street; thence following the center
line of Washington Street in an easterly direction to Belknap Street;
thence following the center line of Belknap Street southerly to the
center line of Saint Thomas Street; thence following the center line
of the Saint Thomas Street, in an easterly direction to Locust Street;
thence following along the center line of Locust Street northerly
to Washington Street; thence following the center line of Washington
Street easterly to Main Street; thence following the center line of
Main Street northerly, until Chapel Street, where it follows the centerline
of Central Avenue northerly to the Boston and Maine Railroad line;
thence following the Boston and Maine railroad line northeasterly
to the intersection of Broadway; thence following the center line
of Broadway in a northeasterly direction to the point of beginning.
Ward Three begins at the intersection of Spaulding
Turnpike and the Boston and Maine railroad line; thence following
the center line of the Boston and Maine railroad line in a northeasterly
direction to Arch Street; thence following the center line of Arch
Street southerly to Silver Street; thence crossing Silver Street to
Towel Avenue, and following the centerline of Towel Avenue in a southerly
direction to Clifford Street; thence following the centerline of Clifford
Street in an easterly direction to Rutland Street; thence turning
and following the center line of Rutland Street southerly until Fisher
Street; thence following the center line of Fisher Street in an easterly
direction to Locust Street; thence following the center line of Locust
Street southerly to the intersection with Central Avenue; thence following
the center line of Central Avenue northeasterly to the intersection
of Union Street; thence following the center line of Union Street
in a northeasterly direction to Court Street; thence following the
center line of Court Street southeasterly to Tennyson Avenue; thence
following the center line of Tennyson Avenue in a northeasterly direction
to Henry Law Avenue; thence following a block line established by
the 2020 census in a northeasterly direction to the Cochecho River;
thence following the Cochecho River southeasterly to its confluence
with the Piscataqua River and the exterior block line established
by the 2020 census located in the center of said Piscataqua River;
thence following the exterior block line established by the 2020 census
located in the center of the Little Bay channel where it intersects
the Spaulding Turnpike at the Little Bay Bridge; thence following
the exterior block line established by the 2020 census located in
the center of Little Bay in a northwesterly direction to a point of
intersection at the common boundary corner between Dover and Madbury
near the Scammel Bridge; thence following the center line of the Boston
Harbor Road/New Hampshire Route 4 in a southeasterly direction to
the Spaulding Turnpike ; thence following the center line of the Spaulding
Turnpike in a northwesterly direction to the point of beginning.
Ward Four begins at the intersection of the Bellamy
River and Central Avenue; thence following the center line of Central
Avenue northeasterly to the intersection with the Spaulding Turnpike;
thence following the center line of the Spaulding Turnpike in a southeasterly
direction to the exit 6 overpass, and tuning westerly following the
centerline of the overpass to Boston Harbor Road/New Hampshire Route
4; thence following the center line of Boston Harbor Road/New Hampshire
Route 4 a point of intersection at the common boundary corner between
Dover and Madbury near the Scammel Bridge; thence following the common
boundary line between Dover and Madbury in a northwesterly direction
to the center line of the Mast Road; thence following the center line
of Mast Road southeasterly to the centerline of Durham Road; thence
following the center line of the Durham Road easterly to the point
of beginning.
Ward Five begins at the Barrington/Dover line at
Tolend Road; thence following the center line of Tolend Road southeasterly
to the Spaulding Turnpike; thence following the Spaulding Turnpike
in a northerly direction to the Cochecho River; thence following the
center line of the Cochecho River southerly to Chestnut Street; thence
following the center line of Chestnut Street southerly to Washington
Street; thence turning easterly and following the center line of Washington
Street to Locust Street; thence turning and following Locust Street
in a southerly direction to Saint Thomas Street; thence following
Saint Thomas Street in a westerly direction to the intersection with
Belknap Street; thence following the center line of Belknap Street
northerly to Washington Street; thence following Washington Street
in a westerly direction to the intersection of the Boston and Maine
Railroad, thence following the Boston and Main Railroad southwesterly
to the Spaulding Turnpike; thence turning and following the center
line of the Spaulding Turnpike in a southerly direction to Central
Avenue; thence following the center line of Central Avenue southerly
to the Bellamy River Bridge; then following along the center line
of the Durham Road in a westerly direction to Mast Road; thence following
the Mast Road center line in a westerly direction to the Madbury/Dover/
boundary; thence following the Madbury/Dover boundary in a northerly
direction to the Barrington/Dover town line; thence following the
Barrington/Dover boundary in a northwesterly direction to the point
of beginning.
Ward Six begins at the point where the Dover/Rollinsford
boundaries intersect with the center line of Old English Village Road
and follows the center line of Old English Village Road westerly to
Central Avenue; thence running southerly along the center line of
Central Avenue to the intersection with Glenwood Avenue; thence following
the center line of Glenwood Avenue westerly to the Spaulding Turnpike;
thence following the center line of the Spaulding Turnpike in a southerly
direction to Tolend Road; thence following the center line of Tolend
Road in a northerly direction to the Dover/Barrington boundary line;
thence following the boundary line in a northeasterly direction to
the point of the Dover/Rochester/Somersworth boundary; thence turning
and following the Dover/Somersworth boundary southerly to the point
of the beginning.
In accordance with RSA 44:4-a, the City shall maintain a ward
boundary map of suitable scale reflecting the current ward boundaries.