| LC control no. | n 85046846 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Dayton (Columbia County, Wash.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Washington (State)--Dayton (Columbia County) |
| Variant(s) | Dayton (Wash.) Dayton, Wash. Touchet (Columbia County, Wash.) City of Dayton (Wash.) |
| Beginning date | 1981 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Columbia County (Wash.) Washington (State) |
| Found in | Dayton, Washington, 1983? LC data base, 2-26-85 (hdg.: Dayton, Wash.) GNIS, September 29, 2015 (Dayton, variant name: Touchet; populated place, incorporated in 1881; Columbia County, Washington, 46.3237525° -117.9724367° 46°19ʹ26ʺN 117°58ʹ21ʺW; county seat; also lists City of Dayton, civil, Columbia County, Washington; and also populated places named Dayton in Clark and Mason counties) Washington place names, via WWW, September 29, 2015 (Dayton. Coordinates: 46.32167+N,117.9746+W. Dayton is at the junction of Touchet River and Patit Creek in central Columbia County. The first settler was William M. Chase who arrived in 1855. A town site plat was filed by Jesse N. and Elizabeth Day on November 23, 1871. The town was incorporated by the storekeeper, Jesse Day in 1881. In 1872, a post office, which was established at nearby Touchet in 1864, was moved to Dayton. On some early maps, the name of Touchet is found on the site of Dayton. Dayton was incorporated November 10, 1881; also has listing for another place named Dayton in Mason County) Wikipedia, September 29, 2015 (Dayton, Washington; Dayton is a city in and the county seat of Columbia County, Washington; population was 2,526 at the 2010 census; founded in the 1860s; officially incorporated on November 10, 1881; named for Jesse Day; 46°19ʹ11ʺN 117°58ʹ40ʺW (46.319608, -117.977699)) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-wa |
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