Dresden (Ohio)

Muskingum County

39-22610

Dresden is a village in Muskingum County, Ohio with 1,423 inhabitants ( 2000).

Particularity

In the resort, who calls himself a Basket Village, a several meter high straw basket stands as attraction. He is according to the Guinness Book of World Records the world's largest basket.

The background to this is that the native of the place basketry the Longaberger family has developed into a prosperous American store " Longaberger Homestead ." Its headquarters is located in Newark (Ohio ). As a result of this multi-story building is modeled after an oversized straw basket with handle.

Geography

  • 40 ° 7'17 " N.B., 82 ° 0'47" W. L.
  • Area: 3.1 km ² (3.0 km ² land, 0.1 km ² water)

Demographic data

  • 609 households (2000)
  • 383 Families ( 2000)
  • Population density: 469.6 inhab / km ².
County (United States) Muskingum County, Ohio Federal Information Processing Standards Newark (Ohio)
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