Nearest Communities to Dresden,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Dresden, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Dresden:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Dresden is located in Poweshiek County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Poweshiek County: Benton, Iowa, Jasper, Keokuk, Mahaska, Marshall & Tama.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 129 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dresden. Of these communities, 112 are located in counties other than Poweshiek County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Dresden (which is Poweshiek County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Dresden
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Poweshiek County (where Dresden resides)
- County Website: https://poweshiekcountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Poweshiek: Montezuma
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dresden ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dresden.
- Deep River
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Deep River is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Guernsey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tilton is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Montezuma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carnforth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Carnforth is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnforth
- Victor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brooklyn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Malcom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ewart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ewart is located in Poweshiek County
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- Hartwick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hartwick is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Stillwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stillwell is located in Poweshiek County
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- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Jacobs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jacobs is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Searsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Searsboro is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Sheridan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sheridan is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Grinnell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Westfield is located in Poweshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Benton County
- County Website: https://www.bentoncountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Benton: Vinton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dresden ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dresden.
- Belle Plaine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Luzerne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Luzerne is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzerne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Irving
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Irving is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Blairstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Watkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Watkins is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Keystone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Iowa County
- County Website: https://iowacounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Iowa: Marengo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dresden ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dresden.
- Ambrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ambrose is located in Iowa County
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- Armah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Armah is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armah
- Millersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Millersburg is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
- Gonoa Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gonoa Bluff is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonoa Bluff
- North English
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ladora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Parnell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Williamsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dover
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Iowa County
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- Koszta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Koszta is located in Iowa County
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- Dayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Conroy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Conroy is located in Iowa County
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- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Marengo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Holbrook is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Upper South Amana
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Upper South Amana is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper South Amana
- Green Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Green Center is located in Iowa County
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- South Amana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Amana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Amana is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amana
- High Amana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- High Amana is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Amana
- Middle Amana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Homestead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Amana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Amana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Amana is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Amana
- Jasper County
- County Website: https://jasperia.org/
- County Seat for Jasper: Newton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dresden ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dresden.
- Lynnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oakland Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oakland Acres is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
- Sully
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Turner ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Turner is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Newburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Killduff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Killduff is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killduff
- Galesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Galesburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Kellogg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- County Website: https://jeffersoncounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Jefferson: Fairfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dresden ...
- Pekin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pekin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Johnson County
- County Website: https://www.johnsoncountyiowa.gov/
- County Seat for Johnson: Iowa City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dresden ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dresden.
- Amish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Amish is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amish
- Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Windham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Windham is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Keokuk County
- County Website: https://keokukcounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Keokuk: Sigourney
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dresden ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dresden.
- Gibson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gibson is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Thornburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Thornburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67 people
- Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Coal Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coal Creek is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Vulcan ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vulcan is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Keswick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rosetta ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rosetta is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
- What Cheer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Webster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Webster is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- South English
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- South English is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South English
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Atwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Atwood is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
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- Delta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Delta is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Sigourney
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Creswell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Creswell is located in Keokuk County
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- Kinross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kinross is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Harper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Hayesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hayesville is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Lanscaster
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lanscaster is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanscaster
- Keota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nugent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nugent is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugent
- Hedrick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hedrick is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Martinsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Martinsburg is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Talleyrand
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Talleyrand is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
- Ioka ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ioka is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ioka
- Ollie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ollie is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Mahaska County
- County Website: https://www.mahaskacountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Mahaska: Oskaloosa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dresden ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dresden.
- Barnes City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Agricola ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Agricola is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
- Indianapolis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Indianapolis is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianapolis
- Spring Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Neska
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Neska is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neska
- Union Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union Mills is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- New Sharon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
- Tioga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tioga is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
- Lacey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
- Taintor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Taintor is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taintor
- Keomah Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keomah Village is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keomah Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Granville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Granville is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Exeelsior
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Exeelsior is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeelsior
- Wright
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wright is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Bernina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bernina is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernina
- Oskaloosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- University Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- University Park is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Peoria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Peoria is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Fremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cedar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar is located in Mahaska County
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- Beacon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beacon is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Evans
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Evans is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Fishville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fishville is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
- Leighton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton is located in Mahaska County
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- Givin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Givin is located in Mahaska County
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- Olivet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olivet is located in Mahaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Marshall County
- County Website: https://www.marshallcountyia.gov/
- County Seat for Marshall: Marshalltown
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dresden ...
- Gilman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gilman is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Tama County
- County Website: https://www.tamacounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Tama: Toledo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dresden ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dresden.
- Haven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Haven is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven
- Chelsea
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Helena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Helena is located in Tama County
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- Long Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Long Point is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Gladstone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gladstone is located in Tama County
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- Redman ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Redman is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman
- Vining
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Vining is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Elberon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Toledo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wapello County
- County Website: https://www.wapellocounty.org/
- County Seat for Wapello: Ottumwa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dresden ...
- Marysville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Marysville is located in Wapello County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Washington County
- County Website: https://washingtoncounty.iowa.gov/
- County Seat for Washington: Washington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dresden ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dresden.
- Nira
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nira is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nira
- Wassonville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wassonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassonville
- Wellman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Daytonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Daytonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daytonville
- Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dresden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
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