Dayton, Maryland
Dayton, Maryland | |
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  Dayton Location in Maryland | |
| Coordinates: 39°17′38″N 77°4′8″W / 39.29389°N 77.06889°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |  Maryland |
| County |  Howard |
| Elevation | 168 m (551 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,114 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 240 and 301 |
Dayton is an unincorporated community located in Howard County, Maryland, United States.
Dayton is located southwest of Baltimore and north of Washington, D.C., between Clarksville and Glenelg.
History
A postal office operated in the community from 21 July 1864 to present with brief stops in service during the American Civil War.[2] By 1878, the town expanded to three general stores and a wheelwright shop. One of the former is Maloney's General Store, built shortly after the Civil War, which served as a stagecoach stop and was later owned by Royal Harp III, Thomas Isaacs, Mr White, and the Grant family.[3]
The Dayton single-room school house was located along Green Bridge Road. After a fire in the single-room schoolhouse for colored children, a new brown tile two-room school was built at the crossroads of Ten Oaks, Green Bridge and Howard roads, and the colored children moved to the old white school. The two-room school is now on property owned by RLO Contractors.[4]
Modern Dayton
Dayton is in the 21036 zip code area and belongs to the 410 area code. The post office is still operating today.[dubious – discuss]
Dayton is also the home to the annual Dayton Daze Parade that began in honor of Lenny Hobbs. The Hobbs Family gas station was prominent in the crossroads community.[5]
The 21036 zip code is the wealthiest in the Baltimore metropolitan area as of 2013, with an average family net worth of $1.85 million, and is listed as a "super" zip code.[6] The median home value was $975,000 in 2016, with an average home size of 3,410 square feet.[7]
In 2014, a zoning case to move a large industrial mulching operation operated by a Sandy Spring Bank executive and RLO[clarification needed] president from Trinity Church in Elkridge to agricultural preservation land in Dayton prompted a large citizen reaction.[8]
References
- ^ 2000 U.S. Census results for zip code 21036
- ^ "Checklist of Maryland Post Offices" (PDF). Smithsonian National Postal Museum. July 12, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ Howard's Roads to the Past. Howard County Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee, 2001. 2001. p. 87.
- ^ Howard's Roads to the Past. Howard County Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee, 2001. 2001. p. 88.
- ^ "Md. Woman Dies In Tavern Fire". The Washington Post. October 24, 1944.
- ^ "Wealthiest ZIP codes in the Baltimore area - Baltimore Business Journal". Archived from the original on March 14, 2014.
- ^ "Dayton MD 21036 Demographics - Movoto". Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
- ^ Amanda Yeager (April 29, 2014). "Ulman weighs in on mulching issue". The Baltimore Sun.
39°15′06″N 76°59′27″W / 39.25167°N 76.99083°W
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