Dover-Foxcroft is the largest town in and the seat of Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.

[3] Dover-Foxcroft was originally two towns, Dover and Foxcroft, separated by the Piscataquis River.

Dover was purchased from Massachusetts by Boston merchants Charles Vaughan and John Merrick, both of whom had emigrated from England.

It was first permanently settled in 1803 by Eli Towne from Temple, New Hampshire, then incorporated on January 19, 1822.

Agriculture was the principal early occupation, producing potatoes, corn and grain.

[4] Originally known as T5 R7 NWP, Foxcroft was one of five towns conveyed by Massachusetts in 1796 to Bowdoin College.

It was purchased from the college in 1800 by Joseph E. Foxcroft of New Gloucester and settled by John, Eleazer and Seth Spaulding in 1806, when they built the first mill.

In 1859 the population of Dover was 2,500 and industries included four sawmills, shingle and clapboard manufacturers, one gristmill, two tanneries, two carriage makers, and a woolen factory.

[7] By 1859, the population of Foxcroft was 1,045, industries included two sawmills, one shingle mill, one carding machine, one carriage builder, one chair manufacturer, one tannery, one fork maker, two pail makers, one machinist, and a sash, door and blind factory.

Dover-Foxcroft has a notable United States post office mural painted during the New Deal era.

[9] Dover-Foxcroft is home to the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival, an annual one-day event which takes place in late June each year.

Foxcroft Academy is a private secondary school that accepts all students from MSAD68 as well as others from across the state.