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Communities Also Named Dresden ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Dresden.

Within Ontario, the name Dresden is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Coweta County
      • This Dresden is located in Coweta County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Dresden.
    • Indiana
      • Greene County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Dresden [Greene County].
    • Iowa
      • Chickasaw County
      • This Dresden is located in Chickasaw County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chickasaw County community of Dresden.
      • Poweshiek County
      • This Dresden is located in Poweshiek County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poweshiek County community of Dresden.
    • Kansas
      • Decatur County
      • This Dresden is located in Decatur County and lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Dresden.
      • Kingman County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Kingman County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingman County community of Dresden.
      • Smith County
      • This community is historic and although located in Smith County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Dresden.
    • Maine
      • Lincoln County
      • This Dresden is located in Lincoln County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Dresden.
      • Sagadahoc County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Dresden [Sagadahoc County].
    • Missouri
      • Perry County
      • Although located in Perry County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Dresden.
      • Pettis County
      • This Dresden is located in Pettis County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pettis County community of Dresden.
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • This Dresden is located in Washington County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Dresden.
      • Yates County
      • This Dresden is located in Yates County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Dresden.
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe County
      • This Dresden is located in Ashe County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashe County community of Dresden.
    • North Dakota
      • Cavalier County
      • This Dresden is located in Cavalier County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cavalier County community of Dresden.
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum County
      • This Dresden is located in Muskingum County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Dresden.
    • South Carolina
      • Abbeville County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Dresden [Abbeville County].
    • Tennessee
      • Weakley County
      • This Dresden is located in Weakley County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weakley County community of Dresden.
    • Texas
      • Navarro County
      • This Dresden is located in Navarro County and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Dresden.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dresden ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Bear Line
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaver Meadow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Meadow came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
  • Bentpath
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bentpath came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentpath
  • Dawn Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawn Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn Valley
  • Edys Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edys Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edys Mills
  • Electric
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Electric came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric
  • Florence
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Huffs Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kent Bridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Louiseville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Terminus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminus

How Far From Dresden to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dresden to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dresden and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Dresden to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,944 miles [9,565.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,674 miles [10,740.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,552 miles [7,325.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dresden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5919, Longitude: -82.1795    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Dresden could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Dresden to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.853 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.366 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.664 degrees.




 

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