Dayton

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Dayton, a surname and toponym and may refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 2.1 Canada 2.2 United States 3 Other

[edit] People

• Elias Dayton (1737-1807), Colonel and father of Jonathan and builder of Fort Dayton
• Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), son of Elias, signer of the United States Constitution, and Speaker of the House
• Mark Dayton (b. 1947), former United States Senator from Minnesota
• Dayton Allen (1919-2004), a comedian and voice actor
• Dayton Miller (1866-1941), an American physicist and astronomer

[edit] Places

[edit] Canada

• Dayton, Nova Scotia

[edit] United States

• Dayton, Alabama
• Dayton, Idaho
• Dayton, Indiana
• Dayton, Iowa
• Dayton, Kentucky
• Dayton, Maine
• Dayton, Maryland
• Dayton, Michigan
• Dayton, Minnesota
• Dayton, Montana
• Dayton, Nevada
• Dayton, Newark, a neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey
• Dayton, New Jersey
• Dayton, New York
• Dayton, Ohio, largest and best known Dayton, named after Jonathan Dayton
• Dayton, Oregon
• Dayton, Pennsylvania
• Dayton, Tennessee, known as the site of the 1925 Scopes Trial.
• Dayton, Texas
• Dayton, Virginia
• Dayton, Washington
• Dayton, Wisconsin
  • Dayton, Richland County, Wisconsin
  • Dayton, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
• Dayton, Wyoming
• Dayton Township, Michigan

[edit] Other

• The funk band Dayton, which was formed in Dayton, Ohio
• The Dayton Agreement, or Dayton Peace Accord (ending the Bosnian War in 1995)
• Fort Dayton, built in the Mohawk Valley in 1776 by Elias Dayton
• USS Dayton (CL-78) (later USS Monterey (CVL-26))
• USS Dayton (CL-105)
• The University of Dayton, located in Dayton, Ohio
• The University of Dayton Arena
• Dayton's, the famous Minneapolis department store
• Dayton wire wheels, after-market wheels.