Welcome to Dresden ...Dresden is located Dresden is located in Navarro County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Dresden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852. Dresden is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Dresden lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Dresden - they are located in Georgia, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (3), Maine (2), Missouri (2), New York (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, South Carolina and Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dresden. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dresden. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dresden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dresden. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dresden. 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 Dresden. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dresden. See our Newspapers Page for Dresden. Looking for more information about Dresden? 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 Dresden, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dresden. We originally found mention of Dresden 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 Dresden was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Dresden.
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