Place:Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States

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Name
Dayton
Alternate names
Cabintown     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39004563)
Venice     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39004563)
Type
City
Coordinates
39.763°N 84.197°W
Located in
Montgomery, Ohio, United States     (1500 - )

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Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. The Dayton metropolitan area, or Greater Dayton, which includes the communities of Vandalia, Trotwood, Kettering, Centerville, Beavercreek, West Carrollton, Huber Heights, Troy, and Miamisburg, had a population of 843,577 as of the 2005 estimate. Dayton is situated within the Miami Valley region of Ohio, just north of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.

Dayton plays host to significant industrial, aerospace, and technological/engineering research activity and is known for the many technical innovations and inventions developed there. The city was the home of the Wright brothers, poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, and entrepreneur John H. Patterson. The Dayton area is home to several major international, national, and regional corporations, including NCR, Reynolds & Reynolds, Liberty Bank, Standard Register, WorkflowOne (formally Relizon), Huffy Bicycles, LexisNexis, and Mead prior to becoming MeadWestvaco.

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Some historical collections on Dayton

http://www.daytonmetrolibrary.org/localhistory.cfm

http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/

http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/index.html

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