[2] Located about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of downtown Boston, Dover is a residential town nestled on the south banks of the Charles River.

Dover is bordered by Natick, Wellesley and Needham to the north, Westwood to the east, Walpole and Medfield to the south, and Sherborn to the west.

The house retains its architectural integrity and has been carefully restored to reflect life in the 1790s when the first two Caryl families lived and worked there together.

The Sawin Building has housed thousands of Dover relics, books, photographs and artifacts since the beginning of the 20th century.

[3] In the early years, it was used for meetings and to house Dover's historical memorabilia, but eventually members became disenchanted with the society and the building was seldom opened.

It is bordered by the towns of Natick, Wellesley, Needham, Westwood, Walpole, Medfield and Sherborn.

Historically, Dover was one of the few communities in metropolitan Boston to have more registered Republicans than Democrats, with the most recent Republican nominee winning the town being former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney in 2012, defeating Barack Obama 56% to 43.

[17] In 2016, the town flipped, with Democrat Hillary Clinton defeating Republican Donald Trump by 57% to 32%.

The private, independent Charles River School (grades Pre-K–8) is located in the town's center.

The regional schools share a campus on Farm Street in Dover, near the borders with Sherborn and Medfield.

DSHS was ranked third in cost efficiency and seventh in academic performance by Boston magazine.

U.S. News & World Report named Dover-Sherborn a Gold Medal School, ranking it 65th in the US.

The project was funded by philanthropist and sculptor Amelia Peabody, and built on her property in Dover, Massachusetts.