Dover
A post village of Mason county, situated on the Ohio river, about 12 miles below Maysville, the capital of the county, and 76 miles east north-east from Frankfort. A considerable quantity of tobacco and hemp is exported from this place. The village contains several churches, large steam flouring and saw mills, some twelve or fifteen stores and tobacco warehouses, and an equal number of mechanical trades. Population about 900. J. Peck, postmaster
Business Directory
| Anderson, J. H. | general store |
| Bell, Miss H. | school teacher |
| Cradit, J. W. | blacksmith |
| Hall, William | school teacher |
| Hanna, Edward | carpenter |
| Hanna, George | carpenter |
| Henderson, J. H. | councilman |
| Hiles, H. | general store |
| Hiles, C. | councilman |
| Hiss, J. C. | livery stable |
| Jennings, A. D. | councilman |
| Lee, Willis | proprietor, Lee House |
| Long, Wm. | marshall |
| Long, Wm. | saloon |
| McCoy, J. T. & Son | proprietors, saw mill |
| McMillan & Hess | dealers in coal and lumber |
| Manning, A. J. | wagon maker |
| Munzing,Wm. | saloon |
| Osburn, John | of Riddell and Osburn |
| Parker, Rev. W. H. | Methodist |
| Peck, J. | postmaster |
| Peck & Bennett | dealers in drugs and groceries |
| Ream, George | shoe maker |
| Reynolds, J. W. | police judge |
| Riddell, Wm. | of Riddell and Osburn |
| Riddell & Osburn | general store |
| Smith, M. | village clerk |
| Smith, Malin | physician |
| Sullivan, C. T. | tailor |
| Tabb, L. | councilman |
| Tabb, W. E. & Co | proprietors, steam flouring mill |
| Thomas, John | physician |
| Thomas, W. F. | grocery store |
| Triplett, P. R. | physician |
| True, Samuel | grocery store |
| Veach, A. D. | blacksmith |
From George W. Hawes’ Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory, for 1859 and 1860