Dresden, Missouri

For the abandoned village in Perry County, see Dresden, Perry County, Missouri.

Dresden, Missouri
Unincorporated community

Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Pettis
Elevation	676 ft (249 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

Dresden (also Dresdon) is an unincorporated community in Pettis County, Missouri, United States. Its altitude is 827 feet (252 m), and it is located at about 38°45′2″N 93°20′3″W / 38.75056°N 93.33417°W / 38.75056; -93.33417 (38.7505703, -93.3352083).^[1]

History

Dresden was platted in 1870. It was named after Dresden, in Germany.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dresden, Missouri
↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 340.

Municipalities and communities of Pettis County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Sedalia

Cities	Green Ridge Houstonia La Monte Sedalia Smithton Windsor‡

Villages	Hughesville Ionia‡

Townships	Blackwater Bowling Green Cedar Dresden Elk Fork Flat Creek Green Ridge Heath Creek Houstonia Hughesville Lake Creek La Monte Longwood Prairie Sedalia Smithton Washington

Unincorporated communities	Bahner Beaman Bryson Dresden Georgetown Longwood Newland Postal Spring Fork Tedieville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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