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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 . [ 3 ] Dayton is the second-oldest Nevada settlement, after Genoa , and is home to the oldest hotel in the state.
Dayton State Park is a 152-acre (62 ha) public recreation area in the town of Dayton, Nevada, USA. The state park preserves the site of the Rock Point Stamp Mill , which was built in 1861 to process silver ore mined from the Comstock Lode .
After the Dayton Court House burned down in 1909, the seat was moved to Yerington in 1911. There were stories that it was named for Captain Robert Lyon, a survivor of the Pyramid Lake War in 1860, but Nevada State Archives staff discovered a county seal with the picture of the Civil War general, settling the conflict.
Molossia (/ m oʊ ˈ l ɒ s i ə /), officially the Republic of Molossia, is a micronation claiming de facto sovereignty over 11.3 acres (4.6 ha; 46,000 m 2) of land near Dayton, Nevada. [1] The micronation has not received recognition from any of the 193 member states of the United Nations .
Yerington is a city in Lyon County, Nevada, United States.The population was 3,048 at the 2010 census. [4] It is the current county seat of Lyon County, with the first county seat having been established at Dayton on November 29, 1861. [5]
There are 16 counties and one independent city in the U.S. state of Nevada.On November 25, 1861, the first Nevada Territorial Legislature established nine counties. [1] Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, with 11 counties. [1]
The Sutro Tunnel is a drainage tunnel connected to the Comstock Lode in Northern Nevada.It begins at Dayton, Nevada, and connects 3.88 miles (6.24 km) Northwest to the Savage mine in Virginia City, Nevada.
English: Dayton, one of the earliest settlements in Nevada was first known as a stopping place on the river for California-bound pioneers. Coming in from the desert they rested here before continuing westward.