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The Dresden Recreation Committee is proud to announce that Frank Ferrell, one of America's leading fiddler, will highlight activities at this years Annual SUMMERFEST, July 12th 11 to 5. click here for more information Frankfort Plantation and Pownalborough (West Precinct) were both early names for the present town of Dresden. Incorporated in June 1794, Dresden, is believed to have been named for Dresden, Germany. It is nine miles long, three to four miles wide, contains some 25,000 acres and its highest elevation is 442 feet. Today, Dresden is mostly a bedroom community. The consensus among the residents is that they like the quiet, rural atmosphere and want to work towards keeping it so at this the end of 200 years of incorporation and 240-plus years of permanent settlement.