Dayton, Tennessee

E35811

city county seat

Dayton, Tennessee is a small town best known as the site of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial, a landmark legal case over the teaching of evolution in public schools.

Aliases (2)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → county seat →
associatedWithTopic	creation–evolution controversy → teaching of evolution in public schools →
Bryan College	Christian liberal arts college →
country	United States of America →
demographicsCharacteristic	small-town population size →
economyIncludes	manufacturing → retail trade → tourism related to Scopes Trial history →
eventLocationOf	Scopes Trial → State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes →
follows	Mayor–council government form →
governedBy	Dayton City Council →
hasAreaCode	423 →
hasClimate	humid subtropical climate →
hasCoordinateLatitude	35.493 →
hasCoordinateLongitude	-85.012 →
hasEducationalInstitution	Bryan College →
hasFIPSCode	47-19740 →
hasGNISFeatureID	1282110 →
hasHeritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark District (related to Scopes Trial sites) →
hasHistoricSite	Rhea County Courthouse →
hasMayor	mayor of Dayton, Tennessee →
hasMuseum	Scopes Trial Museum (inside Rhea County Courthouse) →
hasNearbyRecreationArea	Cumberland Plateau → Laurel-Snow State Natural Area →
hasPopulation	approximately 7,000 (2020) →
hasPostalCode	37321 →
hasPublicSchoolSystem	Rhea County Schools →
hostsEvent	annual Scopes Trial Festival →
isCountySeatOf	Rhea County, Tennessee →
knownFor	Scopes Monkey Trial →
locatedIn	Rhea County, Tennessee →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Tennessee →
locatedInContinent	North America →
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone →
locatedNear	Chattanooga, Tennessee → Chickamauga Lake → Tennessee River →
locatedOn	U.S. Route 27 NERFINISHED →
namedAfter	Dayton, Ohio →
partOf	East Tennessee →
Rhea County Courthouse	site of the 1925 Scopes Trial →
subdivisionType	city in Tennessee →
trialYear	1925 (Scopes Trial) →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Scopes "Monkey" Trial → State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes →	location
William Jennings Bryan ("Dayton, Tennessee, United States") →	deathPlace
Criminal Court of Tennessee ("Dayton, Tennessee (for the Scopes Trial division)") →	hasSeatIn
Butler Act →	locationOfNotableTrial
John T. Scopes ("Dayton, Tennessee, United States") →	residence
John T. Scopes ("Dayton, Tennessee, United States") →	trialLocation
John T. Scopes ("Dayton, Tennessee, United States") →	workLocation