DaytonNevada
Dayton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lyon County, Nevada, United States. The population was 15,153 at the 2020 census.
Intro: Wikipedia
About Dayton
Dayton, NV is a small unincorporated community located in western Nevada.
Dayton holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 34.9 square miles.
📰 Dayton News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Dayton Unique
- One of 18 places in the US named Dayton — but the Nevada one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in western Nevada, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Dayton
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🍽️ Where to Eat in Dayton
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Bank Of Molossia · Attraction
- Molossia‘s Tiki Hut Bar & Grill
- Republic of Molossia · Attraction
- Customs · Attraction
- Dead Dog War Battlefield · Attraction
- Molhenge · Attraction
- Molossia Post Office · Attraction
- Molossia Trading Company · Attraction
- Molossia's Bottle Forest · Attraction
- Molossia's Friendship Gateway · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Dayton
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Dayton
- Dayton Elementary School
- Dayton High School
- Dayton Intermediate School
- Riverview Elementary School
- Sutro Elementary School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.