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Dayton
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city and county seat in Rhea County, Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Rhea
- Settled
- ca. 1820
- Named after
- Dayton, Ohio
- Total
- 8.74 sq mi (22.64 km )
- Land
- 8.50 sq mi (22.02 km )
- Water
- 0.24 sq mi (0.61 km )
- Elevation
- 696 ft (212 m)
- Density
- 830.8/sq mi (320.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 47-19700
- Website
- www .daytontn .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Dayton
- Population
- 7065
- Area
- 20.421301
- Elevation
- 212
- Official website
- www.daytontn.net
- Image
- Rhea county courthouse usda.jpg
- Households
- 2318
- Dialing code
- 423
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- Commons category
- Dayton, Tennessee
- postal code
- 37321
- inception
- 1820-00-00
- P8168
- Edme-François Jomard
- water as percent of area
- 2.9436
- per capita income
- 18067
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The Rhea County courthouse is home of the famous Scopes trial. Dayton is a city in and the county seat of Rhea County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 7,065. The Dayton Urban Cluster includes developed areas adjacent to the city and extends south to Graysville.
Dayton was the site of the Scopes trial in 1925 dealing with the rejection of evolution by religious groups.
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