Dresden is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in Yates County,

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, United States. The population was 308 at the 2010 census. The village was named after

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

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. The Village of Dresden is located in the Town of Torrey and is twelve miles south of

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. Dresden is located in the

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Region of New York.

History

The region was known as "Kashong" (or "Kashanquash") to the natives and was part of the

Phelps and Gorham Purchase The Phelps and Gorham Purchase was the sale, in 1788, of a portion of a large tract of land in western New York State owned by the Seneca nation of the Iroquois Confederacy to a syndicate of land developers led by Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gor ...

. At the end of the 18th century, followers of the Public Universal Friend, a religious leader, began to settle in the area. They called the area "Jerusalem" and founded a community near the present site of Dresden. Dresden was founded in 1811 as a planned community. The Village of Dresden was incorporated in 1867. Dresden was the eastern terminus for the former

Crooked Lake Canal The Crooked Lake Canal was a canal in western New York, United States. Built from 1830-1833, the canal linked two Finger Lakes: Keuka and Seneca. The name refers to the unusual shape of Keuka Lake, which was formerly called "Crooked Lake". The K ...

, which operated from 1833 to 1877. This canal linked the area through other lake canals to the

Erie Canal The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigability, navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, ...

. The Robert Ingersoll Birthplace and Christopher Willis House are listed on the

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Notable people

* Frederick Condit,

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legislator *

Robert G. Ingersoll Robert Green Ingersoll (; August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899), nicknamed "the Great Agnostic", was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism. Personal life Robert Inge ...

, political leader and orator, born in Dresden

Geography

Dresden is located at (42.683857, -76.957296). According to the

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, the village has a total area of , all land. The village on the west shore of Seneca Lake. Keuka Lake Outlet (known early as "Crooked Lake Outlet"), a stream connecting

Keuka Lake Keuka Lake ( ) is one of the major Finger Lakes in the U.S. state of New York. It is unusual because it is Y-shaped, in contrast to the long and narrow shape of the other Finger Lakes. Because of its shape, it was referred to in the past as Croo ...

with Seneca Lake, flows past the south side of the village. At first the significant water drop made it an important location for mills. Later it was developed as a

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface ...

between the lakes.

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intersects

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at Dresden.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 307 people, 116 households, and 78 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 139 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 94.14%

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, 0.33% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 5.21% from other races.

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or Latino of any race were 9.77% of the population. There were 116 households, out of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...

living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 2.92. In the village, the population was spread out, with 21.5% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 30.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.2 males. The median income for a household in the village was $42,500, and the median income for a family was $40,208. Males had a median income of $31,875 versus $24,375 for females. The

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for the village was $18,207. About 4.8% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the

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, including 13.0% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

Additional information about Dresden

* The local history museum is the Robert Ingersoll Birthplace. * The Outlet Trail is used for hiking and kayaking, following the former canal and ruins of mills. * Many

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are within a short distance of the village. * A natural gas energy plant owned by Greenidge Generation generates electrical power and performs crypto currency mining (58%) and takes water for cooling from the lake.There is also a constant hum coming from the plant. * The NUWC Seneca Lake Sonar Test Facility is located in Dresden and operates an offshore platform in the middle of the lake.

Gallery

File:Seneca Lake in Dresden, YatesCo NY 02.JPG, Seneca Lake in Dresden. File:Dresden Ingerhut ext May 2004.JPG, Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace Museum. File:Post Office, Dresden, Yates Co NY.JPG, Dresden Post Office. File:Dresden United Methodist Church, Yates Co NY.JPG, Dresden United Methodist Church.

References

External links

Village of Dresden, NY

{{authority control 1867 establishments in New York (state) Populated places established in 1867 Villages in Yates County, New York Villages in New York (state)