Dresden’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Dresden. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusDresden is a town in and the county seat of Weakley County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, Dresden had a population of 3,019.
Dresden was established in 1825. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,005 people in 2010, 3,019 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1967.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dresden yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Dresden’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dresden’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewO. K. Chevrolet Co., Dresden, Ten…, c. 1930: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Dresden
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Dresden, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Dresden
1 place in Dresden is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as O. K. Chevrolet Co., Dresden, Tenn (82392) (c. 1930) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.