Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is a large city in the American state of Ohio. It is where Orville and Wilbur Wright grew up. The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, also near Dayton, gets part of its name from the Wright brothers. The National Museum of the United States Air Force is inside the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
City of Dayton | |
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Coordinates: 39°45′34″N 84°11′30″W / 39.75944°N 84.19167°WCoordinates: 39°45′34″N 84°11′30″W / 39.75944°N 84.19167°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
County | Montgomery |
Founded | 1796 |
1805 (city) | |
Government | |
• Mayor | Nan Whaley (D) |
Area | |
• City | 56.50 sq mi (146.33 km2) |
• Land | 55.65 sq mi (144.13 km2) |
• Water | 0.85 sq mi (2.20 km2) |
Elevation | 738 ft (225 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• City | 141,759 |
• Estimate (2015)[1] | 140,599 |
• Rank | US: 189th |
• Density | 2,543.2/sq mi (981.9/km2) |
• Urban | 724,091 (US: 59th) |
• Metro | 799,232 (US: 71st) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | ZIP codes[2]
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FIPS code | 39113 |
GNIS feature ID | 1064514 |
Website | daytonohio |
Dayton has a humid continental climate (Dfa in the Koeppen climate classification).
Ten people were killed in a mass shooting in Dayton on 4 August 2019.
Dayton, Ohio Media
Flooding on Ludlow Street in downtown Dayton during the Great Dayton Flood, 1913
The Old Montgomery County Courthouse, built in 1847, and the current courthouse behind it.
Stratacache Tower, Dayton's tallest high-rise
Southeast tower at Miami Valley Hospital, part of the Premier Health Partners network
References
- ↑ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ↑ "Zip Code Lookup". USPS. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
Other websites
- Media related to Dayton, Ohio at Wikimedia Commons