DRESDEN

NAME: Dresden COUNTY: Poweshiek ROADS: 2WD GRID: 6 CLIMATE: It's Iowa just wait it'll change BEST TIME TO VISIT: Nothing left of town

COMMENTS: The town was just east of where State hyway 21 and county road F52 intersect REMAINS: The cemetery. A few newer houses stand where the town once was.

Dresden was platted in 1856, there was a general store among other buildings. The town was "moved" a mile east in the late 1880's when the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad came through. The town of Dresden quickly became uninhabited. As a little kid in the 1980's I remember seeing that there was still a small out building standing but it has long since been torn down. The only thing that remains is the Dresden cemetery, locally know  as "Eyeball cemetery" Submitted by: Laird Van Dee

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