Dayton, Ohio
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Dayton, Ohio | |
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Downtown Dayton | |
| Nickname(s): The Gem City, Birthplace of Aviation | |
| Location in Montgomery County and the state of Ohio Location in Montgomery County and the state of Ohio | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Montgomery |
| Founded | 1796 |
| 1841 (city) | |
| Named for | Jonathan Dayton |
| Area | |
| • City | 56.96 sq mi (147.52 km2) |
| • Land | 55.81 sq mi (144.54 km2) |
| • Water | 1.15 sq mi (2.99 km2) |
| Elevation | 742 ft (226 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City | 137,644 |
| • Density | 2,466.47/sq mi (952.31/km2) |
| • Urban | 674,046 (US: 64th) |
| • Urban density | 2,107.1/sq mi (813.6/km2) |
| • Metro | 814,049 (US: 72nd) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | ZIP codes[3] |
| Area codes | 937, 326 |
| FIPS code | 39113 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086167[2] |
| Website | daytonohio.gov |
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.
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.
References[change]
- ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dayton, Ohio
- ↑ "Zip Code Lookup". USPS. Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
Other websites[change]
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 47: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
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