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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Dresden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Dresden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dresden, please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Dresden is historic, it would have been located within present day Abbeville County.
To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Abbeville County: Elbert (GA), Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens & McCormick.
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:
- Abbeville County (The home county of Dresden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Latimer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Calhoun Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Lowndesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Abbeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Secession
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Antreville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Cana ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Level Land
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Due West
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Donalds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Honea Path
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Iva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <2>
- Starr
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deans
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Holland Store
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Homeland Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Anderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
- Belton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Promised Land
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Verdery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Troy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hodges
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Greenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grendel Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
- Mathews Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
- Panola Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
- Cokesbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Fairforest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Collins Lakeside Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gallagher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- Princeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- McCormick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Willington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- McCormick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Branch
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Parksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elbert County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Bowman Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Silk Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Harmony
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Elberton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Goss
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Goss is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Dewy Rose
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Harper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Bowman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hart County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Dooleys Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Cooleys Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Hartwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Hesters Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Midway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Goshen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Lincolnton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Loce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Loce is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce
- Madison County (GA)
- Carlton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oglethorpe County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Palmetto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Veribest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Wilkes County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Tignall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Rayle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
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.
- Rocky River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Forest Lawn Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Rocky River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Warrenton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brough Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sharon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Calhoun Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (279 more) ...
- Tates Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Powers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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.
While we didn't find Dresden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dresden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dresden, with the one closest to Dresden listed first.
- Calhoun Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Watts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Watts is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Latimer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Hester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hester is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Calhoun Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun Mill is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Mill
- Mount Carmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dover ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Lowndesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Heardmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Heardmont is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heardmont
- Stansell ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stansell is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansell
- Dyson ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dyson is located in Wilkes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyson
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Antreville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Middleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Middleton is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Broad
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Broad is located in Wilkes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad
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 47 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 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. 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 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 South Carolina
- Pages specific to Abbeville County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Greenwood County
- Laurens County
- McCormick County
- Elbert County
- Hart County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Oglethorpe County
- Wilkes County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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'. |
| <4> | 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. |