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Welcome to Dressor ...

Dressor is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dressor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Dressor is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Dressor lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Dressor ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dressor.

  • Vandalia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Pana
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Pana is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,327 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pana <3>
  • Altamont
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Nokomis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Elmo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ramsey
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Witt
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Witt is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 833 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Witt <3>
  • Brownstown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Coffeen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Tower Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dressor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dressor.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dressor. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dressor.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dressor. See our Newspapers Page for Dressor.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dressor ...

Looking for more information about Dressor? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dressor, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dressor.

Adding Dressor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dressor in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Dressor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Dressor post office opened in 1888. The Dressor post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dressor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dressor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/