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Dayton

Tennessee, United States
Also known as: Smith’s Crossroads
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Dayton, city, seat (1899) of Rhea county, southeastern Tennessee, U.S. It lies on Richland Creek near the Tennessee River, 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Chattanooga. Originally called Smith’s Crossroads (c. 1820), it was renamed Dayton in the 1870s. The Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton was the scene of the famous Scopes Trial (July 10–21, 1925), in which John T. Scopes, a high school science teacher, was found guilty of teaching evolution. The trial pitted...

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