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Dayton is a city in Rhea County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,180 at the 2000 census. The Dayton, TN, Urban Cluster, which includes developed areas adjacent to the city and extends south to Graysville, Tennessee, had 9,050 people in 2000. Dayton is the county seat of Rhea CountyGR6. Rhea County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area Ranked 36th - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²) - Width 120 miles (195 km) - Length 440 miles (710 km) - % water 2. ...
Graysville is the name of several places in the United States: Graysville, Alabama Graysville, Ohio Graysville, Tennessee This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ...
Rhea County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ...
Dayton was the site of the Scopes Trial in 1925. Bishop Joseph Aloysius Durick was born in Dayton on Oct. 13, 1914. William Jennings Bryan (seated at left) being interrogated by Clarence Seward Darrow, during the trial of State of Tennessee vs. ...
1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Joseph Aloysius Durick (October 13, 1914 - June 26, 1994) was a U.S. Roman Catholic bishop and civil rights advocate. ...
Geography
Dayton is located at 35°29′34″N, 85°0′47″W (35.492840, -85.013000)GR1. Adapted from Wikipedias TN county maps by Seth Ilys. ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.5 km² (6.4 mi²). 15.9 km² (6.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (3.62%) is water. Also this city is made of cheese you should go there and eat it!!!!hahahahahahahahah The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ...
A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...
Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 6,180 people, 2,323 households, and 1,558 families residing in the city. The population density was 389.3/km² (1,007.9/mi²). There were 2,492 housing units at an average density of 157.0/km² (406.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 90.70% White, 5.26% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.73% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.75% from other races, and 1.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.12% of the population. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There were 2,323 households out of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.95. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...
In the city the population was spread out with 23.5% under the age of 18, 16.0% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $26,542, and the median income for a family was $33,149. Males had a median income of $30,521 versus $22,144 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,946. About 13.4% of families and 16.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.0% of those under age 18 and 16.6% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...
History The community was originally settled around 1820 as Smith's Crossroads and was renamed Dayton after the Ohio city in 1877. Early industry included manufacture of pig iron. The town was incorporated in 1895. Pig iron is raw iron, the immediate product of smelting iron ore with coke and limestone in a blast furnace. ...
In the year 1925, the famous Scopes Monkey Trial came to Dayton (some believe the trial was arranged by the town's leaders as a publicity stunt), and for a period of time, filled the town with hucksters of every description and journalists from around the world. The trial participants included William Jennings Bryan in the role of prosecutor and Clarence Darrow as John T. Scopes' defense council. Although this trial is often represented as being pivotal in the movement to allow evolution to be taught in US schools, it actually marked the beginning of a major decline in the teaching of evolution which didn't start to recover until the early 1960s. William Jennings Bryan (seated at left) being interrogated by Clarence Seward Darrow, during the trial of State of Tennessee vs. ...
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, statesman, and politician. ...
Clarence Seward Darrow (April 18, 1857 Kinsman Township, Trumbull County, Ohio - March 13, 1938 Chicago) was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, best known for defending teenaged thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Bobby Franks (1924) and...
John Thomas Scopes (August 3, 1900 – October 21, 1970), a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee at the age of 24, was charged on May 25, 1925 with violating Tennessees Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. ...
(Likewise the Butler Act, which Scopes was supposed to have violated, though it was never invoked again, remained on the statute books until the late 1960s.) The Butler Act was a 1925 Tennessee law forbidding the teaching of any evolutionary theory which indicated that man descended from lower orders of animals in public schools. ...
Today the city is a small manufacturing center whose products include furniture, clothing, automobile parts, and air conditioners and heating units. La-Z-Boy is the largest manufacturing employer, and the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar and Sequoyah nuclear power plants are within 20 miles of the city. Dayton is also home to Bryan College, a four-year Christian liberal arts school named in honor of William Jennings Bryan, who died in Dayton five days after the Scopes Trial ended, and Dayton City School, a K-8 public school free for all residents of Dayton. Since the late 1990s the area has experienced increased residential development particularly along Chickamauga Lake, an impoundment of the Tennessee River, partly due to an influx of retirees to the area. La-Z-Boy Incorporated is a furniture manufacturer based in Monroe, Michigan, USA, and is one of the world’s leading producers of residential furniture, with a growing presence in the office, hospitality, health care, and assisted-living furniture industries. ...
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The Watts Bar nuclear power plant is located between Chattanooga, Tennessee and Knoxville, Tennessee on a 1,770 acre (7. ...
The Sequoyah nuclear power plant is located on 525 acres (2. ...
Bryan College Bryan College is a private co-educational Christian college located in Dayton, Tennessee. ...
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, statesman, and politician. ...
Chickamauga Lake is the reservoir created by Chickamauga Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority. ...
A riverboat passing under the Henley Street Bridge on the Tennessee River. ...
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