Dresden, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States
38°45′04″N 93°20′06″W / 38.75111°N 93.33500°W / 38.75111; -93.33500CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyPettisElevation827 ft (252 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)GNIS feature ID717048[1]

Dresden (also Dresdon) is an unincorporated community in Pettis County, Missouri, United States.

History

A post office called Dresden was established in 1863, and remained in operation until 1954.[2] The community was named after Dresden, Germany.[3] Dresden was once an incorporated town.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dresden, Missouri
  2. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 340.
  4. ^ "Pettis County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
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