Dresden, Ohio

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Dresden is a village in Muskingum County, Ohio, along the Muskingum River at the mouth of Wakatomika Creek. The population was 1,423 at the 2000 census. Dresden is served by a branch of the Muskingum County Library System.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
4 Historic Structures
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Geography

Dresden is located at 40°7′17″N, 82°0′47″W (40.121286, -82.013094)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²). 3.0 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (3.31%) is water.

[edit] History

Dresden is located on or near the site of the Delaware (Native American) village of Wakatomika, which gave its name to Wakatomika Creek, the creek that empties into the Muskingum River near the northern edge of the village. This settlement was burned around 1794 during Lord Dunmore's War, opening the area for White settlement.

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. A suspension bridge built by George Willison Adams and John Augustus Roebling once crossed the Muskingum River at Dresden. ^[1]

Dresden is the birthplace of the Longaberger Company, famous for handmade maple splint baskets. Started in 1919 by the J.W. Longaberger family, the company today employs nearly 70,000 people as the largest manufacturer of handmade baskets in the United States.^[2]

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,423 people, 609 households, and 383 families residing in the village. The population density was 469.6/km² (1,219.4/mi²). There were 687 housing units at an average density of 226.7/km² (588.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.37% White, 0.14% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.14% from other races, and 0.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.49% of the population.

There were 609 households out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the village the population was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 83.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.7 males.

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.