History of Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County, Ohio|Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. The Dayton metropolitan area, or Greater Dayton, which includes the communities of Vandalia, Ohio|Vandalia, Trotwood, Ohio|Trotwood, Kettering, Ohio|Kettering, Piqua, Ohio|Piqua, Tipp City, Ohio|Tipp City, Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio|Centerville, Beavercreek, Ohio|Beavercreek, Fairborn, Ohio|Fairborn, West Carrollton, Ohio|West Carrollton, Huber Heights, Ohio|Huber Heights, Troy, Ohio|Troy, and Miamisburg, Ohio|Miamisburg, had a population of 843,577 as of the 2005 estimate. Dayton is situated within the Miami Valley (Ohio)|Miami Valley region of Ohio, just north of the Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area|Cincinnati metropolitan area.
Dayton plays host to significant industry|industrial, aerospace, and technological/engineering research and development|research activity and is known for the many technical innovations and inventions developed there. The city was the home of the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, which brought an end to the war in Bosnia, the Wright brothers, poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, and entrepreneur John Henry Patterson (NCR owner)|John H. Patterson. The Dayton area is home to several major international, national, and regional corporations, including NCR Corporation|NCR, The Reynolds and Reynolds Company|Reynolds & Reynolds, ChemStation International, Liberty Bank, NewPage Corporation, Standard Register, WorkflowOne (formally Relizon), Huffy|Huffy Bicycles, LexisNexis, and Mead prior to becoming MeadWestvaco.
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