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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213842-11-000008
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110210
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110214
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110214

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MCKAY RAYMOND T
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001213842

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04018
		FILM NUMBER:		11611521

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O DOVER CORP
		STREET 2:		280 PARK AVENUE 34W
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DOVER CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000029905
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CONSTRUCTION, MINING & MATERIALS HANDLING MACHINERY & EQUIP [3530]
		IRS NUMBER:				530257888
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		280 PARK AVE
		STREET 2:		38-W
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129221640
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    <periodOfReport>2011-02-10</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>DOVER CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DOV</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>MCKAY RAYMOND T</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O DOVER CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>3005 HIGHLAND PARKWAY, SUITE 200</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DOWNERS GROVE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60515</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Controller</officerTitle>
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    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2011-02-11</value>
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            <transactionCoding>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2014-02-10</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2021-02-10</value>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1352</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $66.43 to $66.48, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Dover Corporation, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote (1) to this Form 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares held jointly with spouse; amount reflects correction of prior computational error.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Each performance share represents a contingent right to receive shares of Dover common stock, based on Dover's relative total shareholder return versus that of Dover's peer group over the three-year performance period ending 12/31/2013.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents target grant amount.  The actual number of shares that will be paid in respect of the performance share award may range from 0% to 200% of the target grant.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Raymond T McKay by Ivonne  M. Cabrera, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-02-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>POWER OF ATTORNEY







 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Joseph W. Schmidt, Ivonne M. Cabrera, Greg J. Felten, Don D. Suh and Chelley E. Talbert severally, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution or revocation, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, to:



 (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned and to submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), in the undersigned's capacity as a director and/or officer of Dover Corporation  (the "Company"), a Form ID to obtain EDGAR codes for the undersigned to submit filings to the Commission via the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval Systems;



 (2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an director and/or officer of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder (the "Exchange Act");



   (3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4, or 5 or any amendment or amendments thereto, and file any such Form with the Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



   (4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required to be done by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



 The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.



       The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.



 This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 under Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of February, 2011.





       /s/ Raymond T. McKay

       Name:  Raymond T. McKay



























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