Dayton, Ohio | |||
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City | |||
City of Dayton | |||
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Nickname(s): The Gem City | |||
Motto: Birthplace of Aviation | |||
Location in Montgomery County and the state of Ohio. |
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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 | 141,527 | ||
• Estimate (2015) | 140,599 | ||
• Rank | US: 179th | ||
• Density | 2,543.2/sq mi (981.9/km2) | ||
• Urban | 724,091 (US: 59th) | ||
• Metro | 799,232 (US: 71st) | ||
Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
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Area code | 937 | ||
FIPS code | 39113 | ||
GNIS feature ID | 1064514 | ||
Website | daytonohio |
Dayton (/ˈdeɪtən/; local pronunciation: /ˈdeɪʔn/) is the sixth-largest city in the state of Ohio and is the county seat of Montgomery County. A small portion of the city extends into Greene County. In the 2010 census, the population was 141,527, and the Dayton metropolitan area had 799,232 residents, making it Ohio's fourth-largest metropolitan area, after Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus and the 63rd-largest in the United States. The Dayton-Springfield-Greenville Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,080,044 in 2010, making it the 43rd-largest in the United States. Dayton is within Ohio's Miami Valley region, just north of the Cincinnati–Northern Kentucky metropolitan area.