Dresden, Ohio
| Dresden, Ohio | |
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| Nickname(s): Basket Village USA | |
 Location of Dresden, Ohio |
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 Location of Dresden in Muskingum County |
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| Coordinates: 40°7′17″N 82°0′47″W / 40.12139°N 82.01306°WCoordinates: 40°7′17″N 82°0′47″W / 40.12139°N 82.01306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Muskingum |
| Townships | Jefferson, Cass |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | David A. Mathew |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.18 sq mi (3.06 km2) |
| • Land | 1.14 sq mi (2.95 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2) |
| Elevation | 741 ft (226 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,529 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,519 |
| • Density | 1,341.2/sq mi (517.8/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 43821 |
| Area code(s) | 740 |
| FIPS code | 39-22610 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1048667 |
| Website | http://www.villageofdresden.com/ |
Dresden is a village in Jefferson and Cass townships in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States, along the Muskingum River at the mouth of Wakatomika Creek. It was incorporated on March 9, 1835. The population was 1,529 at the 2010 census.
Dresden is located on or near the site of a Shawnee (Native American) village known as Wakatomika, which gave its name to Wakatomika Creek, the creek that empties into the Muskingum River near the northern edge of the village. These were the easternmost of the Shawnee villages, and the home of the most hostile of that tribe. David Zeisberger, the Moravian missionary, preached there in 1773 in an effort to convert them; but the wrongs done to Chief Logan and other Ohio Native Americans were discussed at this place with much rancor, and war parties had been going out from here against the white settlers in spite of attempts by the Delaware (tribe) to intercede. On August 7, 1774, Colonel Angus McDonald brought 400 men from Fort Pittsburg in the Wakatomica Campaign of Lord Dunmore's War to fight the Shawnee. The settlement of Wakatomika, as well as four other villages, was burned to the ground and three chiefs were taken prisoner.
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