Dalton may refer to:

Science

Dalton (crater) Dalton is a lunar impact crater that is located near the western limb of the Moon's near side. It is attached to the eastern rim of the walled plain Einstein, with Balboa lying just to the north and Vasco da Gama due south. The rim of this crater ...

, a lunar crater *

Dalton (program) Dalton (named after John Dalton) is an ab initio quantum chemistry computer program suite, consisting of the Dalton and LSDalton programs. The Dalton suite is capable of calculating various molecular properties using the Hartree–Fock, MP2 ...

, chemistry software *

Dalton (unit) The dalton or unified atomic mass unit (symbols: Da or u) is a non-SI unit of mass widely used in physics and chemistry. It is defined as of the mass of an unbound neutral atom of carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state and at ...

(Da), the atomic mass unit *

John Dalton John Dalton (; 5 or 6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) was an English chemist, physicist and meteorologist. He is best known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, and for his research into colour blindness, which he had. Colour b ...

, chemist, physicist and meteorologist

Entertainment

Dalton (Buffyverse) This article lists the major and recurring fictional characters created by Joss Whedon for the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. For detailed descriptions, see individual character pages. Cast Main cast The following characters we ...

, minor character from ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' television series *

Dalton (band) Dalton is a Danish supergroup made up of singers Lars Lilholt, Johnny Madsen and Allan Olsen Allan Olsen (born 18 March 1956 in Grønholt, Vendsyssel) is a Danish folkrock musician and singer-songwriter. His famous live performances combine ...

, Danish musical band * Dalton (Chrono Trigger), non-playable main character in ''Chrono Trigger'' *

The Dalton Brothers (band) The Joshua Tree Tour was a concert tour by the Irish Rock music, rock band U2, which took place during 1987, in support of their album ''The Joshua Tree''. The tour was depicted by the video and live album ''Live from Paris (U2 video), Live fro ...

, a parodistic country band created by U2 * The Daltons (''Lucky Luke''), fictional outlaws in ''Lucky Luke'' comic book series * Dalton Academy, a fictional school in the TV series ''Glee'' *

Dalton Russell ''Inside Man'' is a 2006 American heist thriller film directed by Spike Lee and written by Russell Gewirtz. It centers on an elaborate bank heist on Wall Street over a 24-hour period. The film stars Denzel Washington as Detective Keith Frazi ...

, character played by Clive Owen in 2006 film ''Inside Man'' * ''The Daltons'' (2010 TV series), a French animated TV series

Places

United Kingdom

Dalton-le-Dale Dalton-le-Dale is a small village in County Durham, in England. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 1,546. It is situated on the old A19 road between Seaham and Murton. Most of the village is located in a wooded valley bottom, s ...

, County Durham, England *

Dalton-in-Furness Dalton-in-Furness is a town and former civil parish in the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. In 2011 it had a population of 7,827. It is located north east of Barrow-in-Furness. History Dalton is mentioned in the Domesday Book, w ...

, Cumbria (historically in Lancashire), England *

Dalton, Cumbria Dalton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria, England. Until 1894 it was in Lancashire, but was transferred to Westmorland "in accordance with the unanimous desire of the inhabitants". In 1961 the pa ...

, near Burton-in-Kendal (historically in Lancashire), England *

Dalton, Dumfries and Galloway The village of Dalton is a small settlement about southeast of Dumfries and south of Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village has an 18th-century church, one of its past ministers being The Rev. John W. Morris MA, who is bu ...

, Scotland * Dalton, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England * Dalton, Hexhamshire, a

location In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...

Dalton, Lancashire Dalton is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, near Skelmersdale and south of the River Douglas. Dalton was listed in the Domesday Book, and soon after the Norman conquest became part of the Barony of Manchester. It remaine ...

, near Skelmersdale, England * Dalton, Northumbria, England *

Dalton, Richmondshire Dalton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire in England. Dalton is situated about six miles north-west of Richmond and about five miles south-east of Barnard Castle within the council district of Richmondshire and close to the A66 ...

, North Yorkshire, England * Dalton, South Lanarkshire, a

in Scotland *

Dalton, South Yorkshire Dalton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. Dalton is situated north from London and is north-east from the centre of Rotherham town centre. The population of the parish as taken at the 2011 ...

, England * Dalton, Stamfordham, a

Dalton, West Yorkshire Dalton is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in England, approximately one mile east of the town centre between Moldgreen, Rawthorpe and Kirkheaton. Located in a small valley it is mostly housing, with a small number of engineering fi ...

, England

United States

Dalton, Georgia Dalton is a city and the county seat of Whitfield County, Georgia, United States. It is also the principal city of the Dalton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Murray and Whitfield counties. As of the 2010 census, the ci ...

Dalton Gardens, Idaho Dalton Gardens is a city in Kootenai County, Idaho. It is considered a suburb of Coeur d'Alene and borders the city to the north and east. The city of Dalton Gardens is also part of the larger Spokane-Coeur d'Alene Combined Metropolitan Statisti ...

Dalton City, Illinois Dalton City is a village in Moultrie County, Illinois, United States. It is in the center of the state near the Macon County line, located along Route 121 at its intersection with Route 128 and between the larger villages of Bethany and Mount ...

Dalton, Indiana Dalton is an unincorporated community in Dalton Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History Dalton was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece ...

Dalton Township, Wayne County, Indiana Dalton Township is one of fifteen townships in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 566 and it contained 239 housing units. History Dalton Township was organized in 1847. Geography According to the 20 ...

Dalton, Kansas Dalton is an unincorporated community in Avon Township, Sumner County, Kansas, United States. It is located about half way between Wellington and Oxford at the intersection of S Oliver Rd and E 15th St S, next to an abandoned railroad. History ...

Dalton, Massachusetts Dalton is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Dalton is a transition town between the urban and rural portions of Berkshire County. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,330 at th ...

* Dalton Township, Michigan * Dalton, Minnesota *

Dalton, Missouri Dalton is a village in Chariton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 7 at the 2020 census. Geography Dalton is located at (39.397130, -92.991248). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , ...

Dalton, Nebraska Dalton is a village in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 315 at the 2010 census. History Early History Dalton was founded ''circa'' 1900 when the Nebraska, Wyoming and Western Railroad was extended to that point. Th ...

Dalton, New Hampshire Dalton is a town in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 933 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Berlin, NH– VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Dalton was incorporated in 1764 under the name "Chiswick ...

* Dalton, New York * Dalton, North Carolina *

Dalton, Ohio Dalton is a village (United States)#Ohio, village in Wayne County, Ohio, Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 United States Census, 2010 census indicated a population of 1,830. History Dalton had its start in 1855 with the merging of three ...

Dalton, Pennsylvania Dalton is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and is located approximately eight miles north of the city of Scranton in a suburban area known as “the Abingtons." Dalton is also approximately th ...

* Dalton Creek, a stream in Utah * Dalton, Wisconsin

Elsewhere

Dalton, Algoma District, Ontario Unorganized North Algoma District is an unorganized area in northeastern Ontario, Canada, comprising all areas in Algoma District, north of the Sault Ste. Marie to Elliot Lake corridor, which are not part of an incorporated municipality or a Firs ...

Dalton Township, Ontario The Township of Dalton was a municipality located in the northwest corner of the former Victoria County, now a geographic township in the city of Kawartha Lakes, in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was named after John Dalton (1766–1844), ...

Dalton, Israel Dalton ( he, דַּלְתּוֹן) is a moshav near Safed in northern Israel under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. It was founded by immigrants from Tripoli in Libya in 1950 under the leadership of Hapoel HaMizrachi. The mosh ...

Dalton, KwaZulu-Natal Dalton is a village in east of New Hanover and south of Greytown in the uMshwati Local Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa The town is named after North Dalton in Yorkshire, the hometown of Henry Boast, who organized an immigration t ...

, South Africa *

Dalton, New South Wales Dalton is a small inland country town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Upper Lachlan Shire. Location Dalton is north of the Hume Highway that joins Sydney and Melbourne, between Goulburn, New South Wales, Goulburn ...

, Australia

Transportation

* Dalton Airport (Michigan) in Flushing, Michigan, United States *

Dalton Municipal Airport Dalton Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located six miles (10 km) southeast of the central business district of Dalton, Georgia, Dalton, a city in Whitfield County, Georgia, Whitfield County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgi ...

in Dalton, Georgia *

Dalton Highway The James W. Dalton Highway, usually referred to as the Dalton Highway (and signed as Alaska Route 11), is a road in Alaska. It begins at the Elliott Highway, north of Fairbanks, and ends at Deadhorse (an unincorporated community within the ...

, in Alaska, United States *

Dalton Trail The Dalton Trail is a trail that runs between Pyramid Harbor, west of Haines, Alaska in the United States, and Fort Selkirk, in the Yukon Territory of Canada, using the Chilkat Pass. It is 396 km (246 mi) long. Originally, the Chil ...

, a trail between Alaska and Canada * Dalton station (Ontario), in Canada *

Dalton railway station Dalton is a railway station on the Furness Line, which runs between and . The station, situated north-east of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the town of Dalton-in-Furness in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. H ...

, in Cumbria, England

Other uses

Dalton (given name) Dalton is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Dalton Bales, Ontario cabinet minister and lawyer * Dalton Bell, Canadian football quarterback * Dalton Camp, Canadian journalist, politician, political strategist and commen ...

Dalton (surname) Dalton is a surname of Norman origin found in Ireland and Britain and places where people from those backgrounds emigrated to. The Hiberno-Norman Dalton sept controlled an area of the Irish midlands following the Norman invasion and assimilation in ...

Dalton Gang The Dalton Gang was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 1890–1892. It was also known as The Dalton Brothers because four of its members were brothers. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies. During an attempted double ...

, American Old West outlaws *

Dalton Armoury Dalton Armoury is a Canadian Forces Primary Reserve facility located at 20 Scarsdale Road in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. It was opened on April 22, 2006. The building was leased primarily to house Buffs Company, of The Queen's Own Rifles of Ca ...

, Scarborough, Ontario, a Canadian Forces facility * Dalton Barracks, Royal Air Force station near Abingdon, Oxfordshire *

Dalton Castle, Cumbria Dalton Castle is a grade I listed 14th-century peel tower situated in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. It was constructed by the monks of Furness Abbey for the protection of the nearby market to ...

, in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England *

Dalton Plan The Dalton Plan is an educational concept created by Helen Parkhurst. It is inspired by the intellectual ferment at the turn of the 20th century. Educational thinkers such as Maria Montessori and John Dewey influenced Parkhurst while she create ...

, an educational concept created by Helen Parkhurst *

Dalton School The Dalton School, originally the Children's University School, is a private, coeducational college preparatory school in New York City and a member of both the Ivy Preparatory School League and the New York Interschool. The school is located in ...

, a private school in New York City * Dalton State College, one of eight state colleges in the University System of Georgia *

Dalton tradition The Dalton tradition is a Late Paleo-Indian and Early Archaic projectile point tradition. These points appeared in most of Southeast North America around 10,000–7,500 BC. :''"They are distinctive artifacts, having concave bases with "ears" ...

, a distinctive shape of stone arrowhead * Dalton Winery, a winery in Israel * Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, One Dalton Street