Southwest
Nevada
Lyon

Dayton

Dayton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , United States. The population was 15,153 at the 2020 census. Dayton is the second-oldest Nevada settlement, after , and is home to the oldest hotel in the state.
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  • Type: Town with 15,200 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Lyon County, Nevada, United States
  • Also known as: “Chinatown”, “Dayton, Nevada”, “Dayton, NV”, “Gold Creek Station”, “Halls Station”, “Johntown”, “McMartins Station”, “Mineral Rapids”, “Nevada City”, and “Ponderers Rest”
  • Postal code: 89403

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dayton State Park.

Park
is a 152-acre public recreation area in the town of Dayton, , USA. The state park preserves the site of the Rock Point Stamp Mill, which was built in 1861 to process silver ore mined from the Comstock Lode.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silver City and Mound House.

Hamlet
Photo: Rick Cooper, CC BY 2.0.
is a Census Designated Place and small residential community in , , , near the . The population as of the 2020 census was 155. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Dayton.

Village
Photo: Drew Jacksich, CC BY 2.0.
is a small unincorporated community in , on U.S. Route 50 that is situated between Nevada's capital, , and Dayton. is situated 5 miles west of Dayton.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , United States, located just south and downhill of . is situated 5 miles northwest of Dayton.

Dayton

Latitude
39.23623° or 39° 14′ 10″ north
Longitude
-119.59041° or 119° 35′ 26″ west
Population
15,200
Elevation
4,396 feet (1,340 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US DYJ
Open location code
85F26CP5+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150961068
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5502732
Wiki­data ID
Q1020984
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Dayton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دايتون”
  • Basque: “Dayton”
  • Catalan: “Dayton”
  • Cebuano: “Dayton”
  • Central Bikol: “Dayton, Nevada”
  • Central Bikol: “Dayton”
  • Chinese: “Dayton”
  • Chinese: “代頓”
  • Dutch: “Dayton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دايتون”
  • French: “Dayton”
  • German: “Dayton”
  • Gilaki: “دیتن (نوادا)”
  • Gilaki: “دیتن”
  • Haitian: “Dayton, Nevada”
  • Haitian: “Dayton”
  • Irish: “Dayton”
  • Italian: “Dayton”
  • Kazakh: “Déýton”
  • Kazakh: “Дэйтон”
  • Kazakh: “دەيتون”
  • Kirghiz: “Дэйтон”
  • Ladin: “Dayton”
  • Marathi: “डेटन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dayton”
  • Navajo: “Béésh Biiʼ Tó”
  • Persian: “دیتون”
  • Polish: “Dayton”
  • Portuguese: “Dayton”
  • Russian: “Дейтон”
  • Serbian: “Дејтон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dayton, Nevada”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dayton”
  • Slovenian: “Dayton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دایتون، نوادا”
  • Spanish: “Dayton (Nevada)”
  • Spanish: “Dayton”
  • Tatar: “Дейтон”
  • Ukrainian: “Дейтон”
  • Urdu: “ڈیٹن، نیواڈا”
  • Urdu: “ڈیٹن”
  • Volapük: “Dayton”
  • Welsh: “Dayton, Nevada‎”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dayton Community Center and Dayton Placer Mine.

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