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Dresden, Missouri
Dresden, Missouri
Unincorporated community
	Coordinates: 38°45′04″N 93°20′06″W / 38.75111°N 93.33500°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Pettis
Elevation	827 ft (252 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	717048

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

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dresden, Missouri
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 340.
^ "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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[gnis-1] 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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