Editing Dresden, Ohio

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| nickname                        = Basket Village USA
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| subdivision_name3               = [[Jefferson Township, Muskingum County, Ohio|Jefferson]], [[Cass Township, Muskingum County, Ohio|Cass]]

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'''Dresden''' is a [[village (United States)#Ohio|village]] in [[Muskingum County, Ohio]], United States, along the [[Muskingum River]] at the mouth of [[Wakatomika Creek]]. The population was 1,650 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is part of the [[Muskingum County, Ohio|Zanesville micropolitan area]]. It was incorporated on March 9, 1835.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=98JhAAAAIAAJ | title=Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the Year 1885 | publisher=The Westbote Co., State Printers | year=1885 | access-date=October 14, 2011 | author=Ohio, Secretary of State | pages=138}}</ref>

==History==
===18th century===
Dresden is located on or near the site of a [[Shawnee]] ([[Native Americans in the United States|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 Church|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.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zOJEAAAAIAAJ | title=Documentary history of Dunmore's War, 1774: compiled from the Draper Manuscripts in the library of the Wisconsin Historical Society and published at the charge of the Wisconsin Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Volume 1 of Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Draper series | year=1905 | access-date=October 3, 2011 |author1=Thwaites, Reuben Gold |author2=Kellog, Louise Phelps | pages=153 | publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society}}</ref> On August 7, 1774,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJ51AAAAMAAJ | title=Harpers's Popular Cyclopædia of United States History from the Aboriginal Period: containing brief sketches of important events and conspicuous actors, Volume 1 (Revised) | publisher=Harper & Brothers | year=1892 | access-date=October 4, 2011 | author=Lossing, Benson John | pages=410}}</ref> Colonel [[Angus McDonald (Virginia militiaman)|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.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MyYiAAAAMAAJ | title=History of the battle of Point Pleasant fought between white men and Indians at the mouth of the Great Kanawha River (now Point Pleasant, West Virginia) Monday, October 10th, 1774: The chief event of Lord Dunmore's war | publisher=The Tribune Printing Company | year=1909 | access-date=October 3, 2011 | author=Lewis, Virgil Anson | pages=19–21}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=74lEAAAAIAAJ | title=The life and times of David Zeisberger: the western pioneer and apostle of the Indians, Volume 3 | publisher=J.B. Lippincott & Co. | year=1870 | access-date=October 3, 2011 | author=Schweinitz, Edmund De | pages=406| isbn=9780608427461 }}</ref>

In 1799, Jonathan Cass became one of the first settlers in the area, claiming 4000 acres of land. His family joined him in 1801. In 1875, the remains of Major Jonathan Cass were removed to the Dresden cemetery, by Dr. Edward Cass, and over the remains of the family in their final resting place has been erected a magnificent monument by the Cass family. Beneath the name of Jonathan Cass is this inscription: "He was a soldier at the battle of Bunker Hill; an officer of the Revolution, and of the army, which, under General Wayne, gave peace to the frontier. From New England, he emigrated to this part of the wilds of the Northwestern Territory. On the military land he purchased, he lived a peaceful and quiet life thirty years, until death claimed him for a victim.<ref name="PandPZanesville5">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdgyAQAAMAAJ&pg=211 |  title=Past and Present of the City of Zanesville and Muskingum County, Ohio | publisher=S.J. Clark Publishing Company | author=Sutor, J. Hope | year=1905 | location=Chicago | pages=211–213 | access-date= January 1, 2013}}</ref><ref name="1794History">{{cite book | title=1794. History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent men and pioneers | publisher=J. F. Everhart & Co. | author=Everhart, J. F. | url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028848673#page/n0/mode/2up| year=1882 | pages=352–353}}</ref>

Seth Adams of [[Boston]] also settled the area in 1799<ref name="1794History"/> and is said to have cultivated the first tomatoes in the county from seed he got from New Orleans. He was also one of the first to plant apple trees and helped to introduce full blooded [[Merino]] sheep to the United States. He also built one of the first houses in Dresden.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" />

===19th century===
[[File:Lemert and sons.png|thumb|upright=1.35]]
In the 19th century Dresden was an important trading town on the [[Ohio and Erie Canal]]. A side cut canal linked the Ohio and Erie Canal with the [[Muskingum River]].<ref name="GWACenter">{{cite web |url=http://www.gwacenter.org |title=G. W. Adams Educational Center |access-date=September 27, 2006 }}</ref> Mordecai Ogle settled on a farm about half a mile northeast of Dresden in 1802.<ref name="1794History"/> In 1804, Seth Adams had a "corn-cracker" mill on Wakatomika Creek.<ref name="PandPZanesville5"/><ref name="1794History"/>

An election was held in April 1805 to elect officers for Jefferson Township in the home of Henry Northrup.<ref name="1794History"/><ref name="PandPZanesville4">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdgyAQAAMAAJ&pg=208 |  title=Past and Present of the City of Zanesville and Muskingum County, Ohio | publisher=S.J. Clark Publishing Company | author=Sutor, J. Hope | year=1905 | location=Chicago | pages=208 | access-date= January 1, 2013}}</ref> Seth Carhart, Valentine Johnson and Isaac Cordray were elected as trustees. John Wamsley and James Sprague were elected "Overseers of the poor". James Wilcox and William Elben were elected as township [[fence viewer]]s. Peter Reasoner and Jacob Jackson were elected "listers and appraisers". Henry Northrup and James Tanner were elected "supervisors of highways". At this same time, John Cain was township clerk. Since he wasn't elected in this election, it is reasonable to assume there was at least one election held prior to this one in 1805.<ref name="1794History"/>

Wyllys Silliman, the son-in-law of Major Jonathan Cass, operated a saw mill and grist mill on Wakatomika Creek in 1806. The dam for this mill washed away in 1832 and was never rebuilt.<ref name="1794History"/> He also manufactured salt near his mills.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /> On February 15, 1806, Isaac Cordray was elected [[Justice of the Peace]], to fill the vacancy left by the death of Seth Carhart. On April 1, 1809, Joseph Scott was elected to the office without opposition.<ref name="1794History"/>

In 1812, Seth Adams, who is thought to have been a partner or an agent of [[David Humphreys (soldier)|David Humphreys]], was credited with planting the first tomatoes in the area with seeds he obtained from [[New Orleans]].<ref name="1794History"/> In 1812 Otho Miller and Jacob Houser were the first blacksmiths and Judge Stillwell was operating a ferry.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /> In 1815, Joseph F. Monroe operated a distillery on his farm about four miles above Dresden on the Muskingum.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /><ref name="1794History"/> He was among the first to plant peach and apple trees. He discontinued his distillery after the [[Ohio and Erie Canal|Ohio canal]] was finished.

The town of Dresden was laid out in 1817. This was also the year that the first merchant, Laban Lemert, opened for business out of a log house.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /> In 1818, John Cordray began running a tavern out of a log cabin, on the site later occupied by the Akeroyd House. A few years later Abraham Smith took over the running of this establishment. Smith was to later teach school. At this time Peter D. Reasoner was also running a tannery, and a weaver from Maryland, Morgan Morgan, had set up shop as well.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /><ref name="1794History"/>

Around 1819 the first physician, Benjamin Webb, came to the township. His son Nathan later succeeded him in the business.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /><ref name="1794History"/> In 1821 Drs. Nathan Webb, senior and junior, established the first [[castor oil]] mill west of the [[Allegheny Mountains]] in Dresden, but they did not stay in the area long.<ref name="OHHistVol3">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZAAYEZf70sC |  title=Ohio History, Volume 3 | publisher=The Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society | author=Brush, Edmund Cone | year=1890 | pages=258 | access-date= December 30, 2012}}</ref> In 1822 Laban Lemert expanded into the distillery business.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /><ref name="1794History"/> By 1833 Henry and Benjamin Roop of [[Buffalo, New York]] decided to compete with Laban Lemert with their own distillery and became extensive distillers.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /><ref name="1794History"/> 1822 also saw the beginning of the construction of the main line of the [[Ohio Canal]] in Jefferson Township, which was completed in 1829. The Dresden side-cut was ready for use in 1831.<ref name="1794History"/>
[[File:CLOSE PERSPECTIVE VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST - Dresden Suspension Bridge, Spanning Muskingum River on State Route 208, Dresden, Muskingum County, OH HAER OHIO,60-DRES,1-3.tif|thumb|Dresden Suspension Bridge]]
In 1825, the first Presbyterian services were held in Dresden, occasionally in private houses, but usually in a log schoolhouse on the site of the Union school building. On May 14, 1836, Laban Lemert, G. W. Cass, William W. Bice, T. M. Barrow and Dr. A. H. Brown were appointed to a building committee to build the Presbyterian church. The building was actually started in the latter part of the year and finished in the spring of 1838. The building cost $1,500. In May 1852 the church got their first pipe organ. The building that currently houses the church on Chestnut Street was dedicated on February 29, 1880.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /> In 1835 a brick building was erected on Main Street to house the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1852 it was replaced by a larger building at a cost of $3000.00.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /> In 1839 the congregation of the Zion Protestant Episcopal Church was formed, with Rev. Cushman, rector; William Evans, senior warden and Benjamin Adams, junior warden.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /> The first meetings of the Baptist church were held in 1840 in the old Market house until the frame church was built 1845–6.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /> Starting in 1843, Father Gallinger held monthly services for the Roman Catholic Church in the home of G. A. Peffer. A frame church was built in 1847 and a brick one in 1890.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /> 1852 also saw a small congregation of 24 people organized for the German Methodist Episcopal church. Services were held, first in the Market house and, later, in 1858, a frame church was built.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" />

March 8, 1835, was the date of Dresden's incorporation.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" />

On July 30, 1838, A. Deffenbaugh published the first issue of the town newspaper, ''Dresden Chronicle''. The newspaper was published under that name until 1842 when its name was changed to ''Journal''. The ''Journal'' ceased publication in 1844.<ref name="PandPZanesville3">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdgyAQAAMAAJ&pg=109 |  title=Past and Present of the City of Zanesville and Muskingum County, Ohio | publisher=S.J. Clark Publishing Company | author=Sutor, J. Hope | year=1905 | location=Chicago | pages=109 | access-date= January 1, 2013}}</ref> In 1848, John W. Wallace published a single edition of a newspaper called the ''Visitor''. There wouldn't be another newspaper in Dresden until Wallace and Agnew produced the ''Advocate'' in 1850, which had a run of about two years. At that time a man by name of Mr. Sygford took over the paper and changed the name to ''The Intelligencer''.<ref name="PandPZanesville3" /> In 1855 Bently took over ownership of ''The Intelligencer'', who in turn sold the paper to M.B. Lovett, who suspended publication around 1877.<ref name="PandPZanesville3" /> In 1868, T. W. Peacock and son started a second newspaper in the town called the ''Dresden Monitor'', which they sold to J. A. Jackson a year later. Ownership of the ''Dresden Monitor'' then passed through the hands of L. M. Murphy, W. H. Conklin and J. T. Shryock successively. Shryock ran the paper successfully for two years before selling the paper to John W. Martin, who changed its name to ''Herald'' and continued publishing it for another six months.<ref name="PandPZanesville3" /> In 1874 James W. Wheeling established a newspaper called ''Dresden Doings'' which he published bi-weekly. In September 1878 he sold his paper to W.E. Smith. Smith began publishing the paper weekly and continued publishing the ''Doings'' until 1879 when it became ''The Dresden Transcript''. The ''Transcript'' was still being published weekly as of January 2013.<ref name="PandPZanesville3" />

1848 also was the year a telegraph line from [[Zanesville, Ohio|Zanesville]] to [[Wooster, Ohio|Wooster]] passed through Dresden and a telegraph office was opened. The office closed several years before Western Union opened its office in 1868.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" />

In 1852, together with several other prominent citizens, [[George Willison Adams]] formed a stock company to build the third suspension bridge in the United States across the [[Muskingum river]] near Dresden. When the other members of the company became fearful that the plan was not feasible and that they would lose their money, Adams built the bridge at his own expense, his nephew, George Copeland, was the bridge's engineer. It was 1000 feet in length, cost $30,000.00 and was made from materials manufactured in Dresden. The bridge was run as a toll bridge for several years before Adams eventually sold the bridge to the county commissioners for one-third of the original building cost of the bridge. The bridge was eventually destroyed in the [[Great Flood of 1913]].<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /><ref name="PandPZanesville1">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdgyAQAAMAAJ&pg=504 |  title=Past and Present of the City of Zanesville and Muskingum County, Ohio | publisher=S.J. Clark Publishing Company | author=Sutor, J. Hope | year=1905 | location=Chicago | pages=504–505 | access-date= January 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bridgemeister.com/bridge.php?bid=43 | title=1853 Dresden | access-date=January 1, 2013}}</ref>

Also in 1852, L. J. Lemert opened the first bank in Dresden.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" /> In 1866 G. Eaton established the second bank in Dresden.<ref name="PandPZanesville5" />

===20th century to present===
The early spring of 1901 saw the beginning of construction of the Dresden telephone exchange. The first subscribers were connected by November 1901.<ref name="PandPZanesville2">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdgyAQAAMAAJ&pg=76 |  title=Past and Present of the City of Zanesville and Muskingum County, Ohio | publisher=S.J. Clark Publishing Company | author=Sutor, J. Hope | year=1905 | location=Chicago | pages=76 | access-date= January 1, 2013}}</ref>

Dresden is the birthplace of [[the Longaberger Company]], famous for handmade [[maple]] splint [[basket]]s. Started in 1919 by the J.W. Longaberger family, the company employed nearly 2,000<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.longaberger.com/joinourCompany.aspx | title=Longaberger Company Employment | access-date=October 3, 2011}}</ref> people as the largest manufacturer of handmade baskets in the United States. The company liquidated in 2018. It is the home of "The World's Largest Basket", according to the ''Guinness Book of World Records''.<ref name="AmProfile">
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The [[Dresden Plant]], a natural gas power plant, was built south of Dresden. It began commercial generation in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0FC9552B888253ED&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F13CAB43FCB1C5470|title=DETROIT - Good month puts brakes on Honda's sales decline|newspaper=The Columbus Dispatch|page=9A|date=February 2, 2012|via=www.newsbank.com|access-date=August 20, 2019}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|1.18|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.14|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=July 2, 2012 }}</ref>

==Climate==
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1830= 391
|1840= 819
|1850= 1445
|1860= 1409
|1870= 1156
|1880= 1204
|1890= 1247
|1900= 1600
|1910= 1549
|1920= 1700
|1930= 1362
|1940= 1350
|1950= 1310
|1960= 1338
|1970= 1516
|1980= 1646
|1990= 1581
|2000= 1423
|2010= 1529
|2020= 1650
|estyear= 2023
|estimate= 1647
|estref=<ref name="2023 est"/>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, the median income for a household in the village was $38,523, and the median income for a family was $48,977. Males had a median income of $31,324 versus $21,524 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $19,527. About 5.9% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8"/> of 2010, there were 1,529 people, 651 households, and 493 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|1,274.17|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 705 housing units at an average density of {{convert|587.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 97.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.5% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.8% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 0.3% of the population.

There were 651 households, of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 28.0% under the age of 19, 4.8% from 20 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 83.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.7 males.

== Historic structures ==
Dresden has the following historic structures of note:{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
* The Union School (1882)
* The Triple Locks of the [[Ohio and Erie Canal]] side cut canal
* The [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church]], built by [[George Willison Adams]] in 1852
* The historic 1914 metal link suspension bridge across the [[Muskingum River]]

== Education ==
Dresden is located in the [[Tri-Valley Local School District]], and is home to Dresden Elementary School, Tri-Valley Middle School, and [[Tri-Valley High School (Ohio)|Tri-Valley High School]].

Dresden is served by a branch of the [[Muskingum County Library System]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://muskingumlibrary.org/locations-2/ | title=Locations | publisher=Muskingum County Library System | access-date=March 1, 2018}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[George Willison Adams]], industrialist and president of the [[Northern Pacific Railway]]

==References==
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==External links==

{{Muskingum County, Ohio}}

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[[Category:Muskingum River]]
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[[Category:German-American culture in Ohio]]
[[Category:1799 establishments in the Northwest Territory]]
[[Category:Villages in Ohio]]