Dayton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Dayton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Dayton has been in operation since 1877. The city was named after Dayton, Ohio.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Dayton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dayton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMusquaka, Iowa (Ambrose, Iowa), D…, 1886: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Dayton, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Dayton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dayton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is State Bank of Stratford in Stratford, 7.9 miles away.
Dayton and the nearest listed places
Closest to Dayton
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Musquaka, Iowa (Ambrose, Iowa), Dayton Township (1886) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.