Tennessee, United States · North America
Dayton sits on the route: 15 minutes from Graysville.
Dayton is a town located in Tennessee, United States. With a population of 7,384, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Dayton sits in United States, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/New York time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Dayton to your route.
The Rhea County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in the center of Dayton, the county seat of Rhea County, Tennessee. Built in 1891, it is famous as the scene of the Scopes trial of July 1925, in which teacher John T. Scopes faced charges for including Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in his publicRead more
school lesson. The trial became a clash of titans between lawyers William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the defense, and epitomizes the tension between fundamentalism and modernism in a wide range of aspects of American society. The courthouse, now also housing a museum devoted to the trial, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
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Dayton is located in Tennessee, United States, North America. The coordinates are 35.4940 latitude, -85.0125 longitude.
Dayton has a population of approximately 7,384 people, making it a town in United States.
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