Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Dresden (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Dresden. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Dresden is located in Washington County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Essex, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Addison (VT), Bennington (VT) & Rutland (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Dresden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dresden:
- Washington County (The home county of Dresden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Chubbs Dock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chubbs Dock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubbs Dock
- Huletts Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hampton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Comstock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Granville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- North Granville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Granville
- Truthville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Truthville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truthville
- Middle Granville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fort Ann
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Granville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Kingsbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kingsbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- South Hartford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- South Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hartford
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Ticonderoga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ironville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ironville is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Schroon Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Severance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moriah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Port Henry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Blue Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Ridge is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Loch Muller
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Loch Muller is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Muller
- Witherbee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Witherbee is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witherbee
- Minerva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saratoga County
- South Glens Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Glens Falls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Glens Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,617 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Sabbath Day Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sabbath Day Point is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabbath Day Point
- Silver Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hague
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Bolton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Bolton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bolton
- Bolton Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Riverbank
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Riverbank is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank
- Brant Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Brayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brayton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Adirondack
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chestertown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Warrensburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pottersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Addison County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Orwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orwell is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,212 people
- Shoreham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shoreham is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Shoreham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Shoreham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Shoreham is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Shoreham
- Richville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Whiting
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whiting is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Whiting
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leicester Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Leicester Junction is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester Junction
- Leicester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leicester is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,096 people
- Leicester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Cornwall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Cornwall is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cornwall
- Bridport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bridport is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,184 people
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Rupert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rupert is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Rupert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- West Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- West Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
- Benson Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Benson Landing is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Landing
- Benson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Fair Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Castleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- West Castleton is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Castleton
- Benson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Benson is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 991 people
- Castleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Castleton is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,490 people
- Hubbardton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hubbardton is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbardton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Sudbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sudbury is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
- Poultney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Poultney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poultney is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poultney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,239 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dresden, see our County-by-County Page for Dresden.
Cemeteries Near Dresden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dresden.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Dresden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dresden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Putnam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Carter Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sciota Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hackett Dam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hitchcock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gillette Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Old Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, The Old Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Benson (VT).
- The Old Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Benson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2138494 <2>
- Carver Falls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Knoll Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (328 more) ...
- Rodd - Elbow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Neddo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Adams - Elbow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Dresden had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Chubbs Dock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chubbs Dock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubbs Dock
- Dresden Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden Center is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden Center
- West Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
- Benson Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Benson Landing is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Landing
- Putnam Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Huletts Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Benson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Putnam is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Silver Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sabbath Day Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sabbath Day Point is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabbath Day Point
- Hague
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fair Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wright
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wright is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Baldwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Baldwin is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dresden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dresden.
Newspapers Published in Dresden ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dresden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dresden, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dresden.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Dresden:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Essex County
- Saratoga County
- Warren County
- Addison County
- Bennington County
- Rutland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dresden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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'. |