Dayton (Ohio)
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| Nickname : Gem City | |
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| Foundation : | April 1, 1796 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Ohio |
| County : | Montgomery County |
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 46 ′ N , 84 ° 12 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
140,489 (as of 2016) 800,683 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 975.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 147.0 km 2 (approx. 57 mi 2 ) of which 144.0 km 2 (approx. 56 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 225 m |
| Postal code : | 45402 |
| Area code : | +1 937 |
| FIPS : | 39-21000 |
| GNIS ID : | 1064514 |
| Website : | www.daytonohio.gov |
| Mayor : | Nan Whaley |
Dayton is a city in Montgomery County in Ohio ( USA ). It is county seat and is located in west west Ohio. The 2010 US Census recorded a population of 141,527. The city is located in the valley of the Great Miami River , north of Cincinnati , south of Toledo , west of Columbus, and east of Richmond , Indiana .
history
Naming
The city was named after Jonathan Dayton , a captain in the American Revolutionary War and a signatory to the American Constitution, who later also served as Speaker of the House of Representatives and Member of the Senate.
The city is also called "Gem City" (gem city). However, nobody knows the exact origin of this name: Either because of a successful racehorse with the name "Gem", which came from the city, or because the city is as beautiful as a gem. The latter story probably goes back to a newspaper report from the 1840s, which praised the qualities of "Daytons" and called them "the gem of all our interior towns".
Dayton Agreement
Between November 1 and November 21, 1995, negotiations to end the Yugoslav war , which had been going on for three years, took place at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton . The negotiating partners were the Serbian President Slobodan Milošević , the Croatian President Franjo Tuđman , the chairman of the State Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegović and the American chief negotiator Richard Holbrooke . The document, which was solemnly signed in Paris on December 14th , is called the Dayton Agreement .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 146.7 km², of which 144.5 km² is land and 2.2 km² is water. This means that 1.50 percent of the area is water. The Great Miami River, Stillwater River, Mad River and Wolf Creek converge near the city. After the flood of 1913, many dams were built in the city to control the rivers.
The city has very wide, straight streets. The reason for these wide, straight streets is that the city was a market and transshipment center from the start. The streets were so wide that teams of oxen with up to eight draft animals on them could turn around. In addition, many of today's streets used to be canals with a cart next to them.
Downtown
Dayton has a high proportion of abandoned buildings within the city, with cleared areas in between. The city has spent increasing amounts of money on demolition in recent years. Some streets in the old town have been renovated and small businesses have been revitalized. Outside the city, however, large settlements with single-family houses have emerged. The urban planning and structural problems arising from the decline of industry over the past few decades are similar to those of other Rust Belt cities such as Detroit , Gary and Flint .
Residents believe the abandoned buildings are sources of crime and drugs in the neighborhood. Dayton is a member of an alliance against weapons with other cities.
climate
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population
According to the 2000 survey, 166,179 people, 67,409 households and 37,614 families live in the city. The population density is 1150.3 per km². 53.36 percent of the population are White, 43.13 African American, 0.30 percent Native American, 0.65 percent Asian, 0.04 percent Pacific Islander, 0.70 percent of other races. 1.83 percent are mixed race, 1.58 percent are Latinos.
Men have a median income of $ 30,816 and women only $ 24,937. The per capita income for the city is $ 15,547. 23.0 percent of the population and 18.2 percent of families live below the poverty line, of which 32.0 percent are children or adolescents younger than 18 years and 15.3 percent are people older than 65.
Population development
| year | Residents 1 |
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| 1980 | 203.371 |
| 1990 | 182.005 |
| 2000 | 166.179 |
| 2010 | 141,527 |
Economy and Infrastructure
The Wright State University and the University of Dayton have in Dayton based.
The closest airport is James M. Cox Dayton International Airport north of Dayton.
Local public transport is handled by trolleybuses , among other things .
Culture and sights
Museums
- The National Museum of the United States Air Force , on the outskirts of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is the United States Air Force's oldest and largest museum of military aviation.
- The Dayton Art Institute in Belmonte Park North is one of the most well known art museums in the United States.
Buildings
- Dayton Masonic Center Masonic Center
Sports
The Dayton Flyers, the basketball team at the university located there, are very popular. Also, the WWE sometimes visits here .
The Dayton Bombers were 18 seasons that in the second longest ECHL represented Hockey team. In June 2009, the team had to give back the license due to a lack of sponsors and investors. Another reason was the return of the Dayton Gems who played in the International Hockey League . After a break of 12 years, they started training again and playing home games in the Hara Arena in autumn 2009 . After the IHL merged with the Central Hockey League , the Dayton Gems will play in the CHL from the 2010/2011 season.
sons and daughters of the town
The city is the birthplace and home of aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright , who before their successful first flight in Dayton ran a bicycle repair shop where they also worked on their aircraft. The workshop is now a National Historical Park operated by the National Park Service and can be toured.
- Tom Aldredge (1928–2011), actor
- Christina Angel (* 1971), porn actress
- Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016), writer and children's book illustrator
- Lou Barlow (born 1966), rock musician
- Chris Berger (* ≈1970), jazz musician
- Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972), writer
- Pauline Betz (1919–2011), tennis player
- J. Paul Boehmer (born 1965), film actor
- Bob Bowen (1965-2010), jazz bassist and university professor
- Eliot Cardinaux (* 1984), jazz and improvisation musician, poet
- Dave Carpenter (1959-2008), jazz bassist
- Anne Cox Chambers (1919–2020), heiress to Cox Enterprises and US ambassador to Belgium
- Kurt Coleman (born 1988), American football player
- Marco Coleman (born 1969), American football player
- Little Miss Cornshucks (1923–1999), R&B and jazz singer and songwriter
- George Crook (1828–1890), General in the US Army in the American Civil War
- Kelley Deal (born 1961), musician
- Kim Deal (* 1961), musician
- Danny Draven (* 1978), film director, producer and screenwriter
- Warren Garst (1850–1924), politician, 19th Governor of the State of Iowa
- Banu Gibson (born 1947), jazz singer
- Daniel Gutwein (* 1951), composer, music teacher, jazz saxophonist and shakuhashi player
- Tim Hagans (* 1954), jazz trumpeter
- Joshua Harris (* 1974), author and minister
- Allison Janney (born 1959), actress
- Ken Jenkins (born 1940), actor
- Paul Francis Leibold (1914–1972), Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Cincinnati
- Timothy J. Keating (* 1945), Admiral in the US Navy
- Catherine Small Long (1924–2019), politician
- Ron Lyle (1941-2011), boxer
- William MacKey (1927–1951), racing car driver
- Nathan Peavy (born 1985), basketball player
- Daniel Edward Pilarczyk (1934-2020), Roman Catholic clergyman and Archbishop of Cincinnati
- Robert Pollard (born 1957), musician
- Keith Prentice (1940-1992), actor
- John Scofield (* 1951), jazz guitarist and composer
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950–2009), gender theorist and author
- Bryan Sellers (* 1982), racing car driver
- Clifford "Bud" Shank (1926–2009), jazz musician
- Martin Sheen (born 1940), film actor
- Dorothy Stang (1931–2005), Catholic nun and environmental activist in Brazil
- Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967), jazz musician
- Strobe Talbott (* 1946), diplomat, politician and political scientist
- Francis Augustinus Thill (1893–1957), Catholic bishop
- Mike Turner (* 1960), politician
- Leslie Wexner (born 1937), entrepreneur
- Jonathan Winters (1925-2013), comedy actor
- Booty Wood (1919–1987), jazz musician
- Steven Wright (born 1983), basketball player
- Orville Wright (1871–1948), aviation pioneer, aircraft manufacturer and, with his brother Wilbur Wright (1867–1912), the first pilot in human history
- Snooky Young (1919-2011), jazz trumpeter
- Ben Yu (* 1986), poker player
as well:
- Guided by Voices , band
- Hawthorne Heights , volume
- The Devil Wears Prada , volume
Town twinning
Dayton is twinned with the following cities:
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Augsburg (Germany), since 1964 -
Ōiso (Japan), since 1968 -
Monrovia (Liberia), since 1972 -
Cholon (Israel), since 1998 -
Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), since 1999 -
Rushmoor (UK), since 2019
Web links
supporting documents
- ↑ Debbie Juniewicz: Bombers won't be back, failed to get key investors. In: Dayton Daily News. June 26, 2009, archived from the original on June 22, 2011 ; accessed on March 9, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Debbie Juniewicz: Pro Hockey Returning to Hara Arena in October. In: Dayton Daily News. June 9, 2009, archived from the original on July 16, 2009 ; accessed on March 9, 2019 (English).
- ^ Central Hockey League and International Hockey League Make Major Announcement. (No longer available online.) In: Website of the CHL . June 1, 2010, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 9, 2019 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ^ Dayton Sister City Committee. Retrieved January 10, 2020 .