Dover Base Housing, Delaware

About Dover Base Housing

Set in the central part of Delaware, Dover Base Housing is a small unincorporated community.

Dover Base Housing holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.75 square miles.

📰 Dover Base Housing News Today

• Remains of Ohio airmen killed in crash over Iraq returned in dignified transfer WLWT · Mar 18
• Tornado Warning issued August 20 at 6:03PM EDT until August 20 at 6:45PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ Forth.News · Aug 20
• Dover, Delaware Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 16
• Dangerous tornado tears through Dover, Delaware; damage reported | Hindustan Times Hindustan Times · Aug 21
• Severe thunderstorm warning extended for parts of NCCo, Kent County The News Journal · Jul 4

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Delaware headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Dover Base Housing Unique

• The only place in America named Dover Base Housing — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of Delaware — one of 79 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Air Mobility Command Museum · Museum
• A-26C Invader · Attraction
• B-17G Flying Fortress · Attraction
• BT-13 Valiant · Attraction
• C-119C Flying Boxcar · Attraction
• C-119G Flying Boxcar · Attraction
• C-121C Super Constellation · Attraction
• C-123K Provider · Attraction
• C-124A Globemaster II · Attraction
• C-130E Hercules · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Dover Base Housing

• Ted Harvey Conservation Area - Roberts Tract · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hunn Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hunn Nature Park reviews ★
• Liberty Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Dover Base Housing

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