Dresden was a post office until 1916, when mail was discontinued and went to Warrensville,NC The location was about the mouth of Buffalo creek where it crosses route 88. Warren =========================================================At 01:02 PM 08/02/2000 -0500, you wrote: >What is the current name of the town of Dresden in Ashe Co. NC? >I presume that the town changed its name around the time of WWI. For Houck's and related famlies in Ashe Co.NC go to; "http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=whouck" or http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/o/u/Warren-H-Houck/ For lots of down home stuff about Ashe,Alleghany & Wautauga Co'sNC, Grayson Co.VA and Johnson Co.TN go to; http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm, http://www.tiac.net/users/mkatzman/jct/johnmain.html