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Dresden

Ghost town · Chickasaw County, Iowa

Frederika quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Frederika quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Dresden is a ghost town in Chickasaw County, Iowa. It is the only former community in Chickasaw County recorded on the federal names register, out of 226 across Iowa.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Dresden as a historical populated place on the Frederika topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.9791° N, 92.3185° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleFrederika
Elevation1,096 ft
Nearest living townNew Hampton, IA
Distance to it5.3 miles
GNIS feature ID464082
Coordinates42.97914, -92.31851

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What's there now

Dresden is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is New Hampton, IA (population 3,462), about 5.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,096 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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