DAYTON, a city and county-seat of Montgomery co., O.; on the Great Miami river at the mouth of the Mad river; the Miami canal, and the Erie, the Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati and St. Louis, the Chicago and St. Louis, and other rail roads; 60 miles N. E. of Cincinnati.
Business Interests.—The Miami river furnishes abundant water power for the various important manufacturing estab lishments. The water is carried to the factories by means of canals. Dayton is one of the most important manufacturing cities in the country. The principal ar ticles manufactured are foundry and machine shop products, paper, glucose, bicycles, farming implements, cotton and woolen goods, engines, cash registers, automobiles, sewing machines, railway cars, and other machinery. There are numerous marble and limestone quar ries in the vicinity. In 1919 there were 7 National banks and many private bank ing houses.
Public Interests.—The city is well laid
out, and is noted for its costly public buildings, the most notable of which are the old and new county court houses, con nected by corridors, the former of marble, and the latter of limestone. The princi pal charitable institutions include the County Orphan Asylum, the Widows' Home, the Southern Lunatic Asylum of Ohio, and the Central National Soldiers' Home. Other public institutions are St. Elizabeth's Hospital and the Court House. There are over 50 churches in the city. The public school system is of a high order. For secondary and higher instruction there are the Academy of Notre Dame, the English and Clas sical Training School, and St. Mary's Institute.
History.—Dayton was settled in 1796; incorporated in 1805; and chartered as a city in 1841. Pop. (1900) 85,333; (1910) 116,577; (1920) 152,559.