Dover is a town in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 401 at the 2010 Census.[1] It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.Dover is located at 35°13′3″N 77°26′13″W / 35.21750°N 77.43694°W / 35.21750; -77.43694.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.9 square miles, all of it land.As of the census of 2000, there were 443 people, 185 households, and 135 families residing in the town. The population density was 466.3 people per square mile. There were 214 housing units at an average density of 225.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 45.82% White, 53.95% African American and 0.23% Native American.There were 185 households out of which 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were married couples living together, 17.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 22.