Dresden

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Dresden is a small community within the municipality of Chatham-Kent in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known historically for its role in the Underground Railroad and Black settlement.

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Label Occurrences
Dresden canonical 2
Town of Dresden 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf community
unincorporated community
administrativeStatus community within single-tier municipality
country Canada
daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
economicActivity agriculture
small-scale manufacturing
governingBody Municipality of Chatham-Kent
hasAreaCode 226
519
548
hasCulturalHeritage African-Canadian history
Underground Railroad heritage
hasHeritageSite Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site
hasPostalCodePrefix N0P
historicalRole center of 19th-century Black community in Ontario
terminus for Underground Railroad routes
knownFor Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site
historic Black settlement
role in the Underground Railroad
locatedIn Chatham-Kent
Kent County, Ontario
surface form: Kent County, Ontario (historical)

Ontario
Southwestern Ontario
locatedOn Sydenham River
namedAfter Dresden
surface form: Dresden, Germany
nearestMajorCity Chatham, Ontario, Canada
surface form: Chatham, Ontario

London, Ontario
Sarnia
surface form: Sarnia, Ontario
partOf Municipality of Chatham-Kent
surface form: municipality of Chatham-Kent
province Ontario
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
transportation served by Ontario Highway 21 (nearby)
served by regional county roads

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chatham-Kent hasCommunity Dresden
Dresden, New York hasOfficialName Dresden
this entity surface form: Town of Dresden
Blurton hasNeighbour Dresden