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History · Dresden Township

83% of Dresden Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1970 on.

0on the National Register
83%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Dresden Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Dresden Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Dresden Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dresden Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewGrand Forks Air Force Base, Painted Mur…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Dresden Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Dresden Township.

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A post office named Dresden operated from 1897 to 1975. The population was 180 in 1940.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Dresden Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Grand Forks Air Force Base, Painted Murals, Missile Alert Facility Alpha-Zero, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, NDDate?Grand Forks Air Force Base, Painted Murals, Missile A…
On the map

Dresden Township on the map, 1970 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dresden Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Dresden Township on the 1970 USGS mapDresden Township on the 1985 USGS map1970Wales sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Dresden Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Painted Murals, Missile Alert Facility Alpha-Zero, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, ND
Retake this viewGrand Forks Air Force Base, Painted Murals, Missile Alert Facility Alpha-Zero, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, ND

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Dresden Township’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Dresden Township

Nobody well known was born in Dresden Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ethel CatherwoodCanadian track and field athlete · b. 1908
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Kent WestonAmerican politician
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

WalesIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMount Carmel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Dresden Township’s history

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.