Dayton is a

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Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Armstrong County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,558. The county seat is Kittanning. The county was organized on March 12, 1800, from parts of Allegheny, Westmoreland and Lycomin ...

, United States. The population was 549 at the 2020 census.

History

The Thomas Marshall House was listed on the

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in 1976, and is home to the Dayton Area Local History Society.

Geography

Dayton is located at (40.881095, −79.241526) in eastern Armstrong County.

Pennsylvania Route 839 Pennsylvania Route 839 (PA 839) is a state highway located in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 85 in Cowanshannock Township. The northern terminus is at PA 28/ PA 66 in South Bethlehem. Route description PA ...

leads south to

Pennsylvania Route 85 Pennsylvania Route 85 (PA 85) is a east–west state highway located in western Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at Pennsylvania Route 28 and Pennsylvania Route 66 east of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, Kittanning. The eastern te ...

near NuMine and north to

Pennsylvania Route 28 Pennsylvania Route 28 (PA 28) is a major state highway which runs for from Anderson Street in Pittsburgh to U.S. Route 219 (US 219) in Brockway in Pennsylvania. From Pittsburgh to Kittanning it is a limited access expressway named th ...

in South Bethlehem. According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 543 people, 229 households, and 150 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 254 housing units at an average density of . The

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of the borough was 100.00% White. There were 229 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.6% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.97. The borough median age of 42 years was more than the county median age of 40 years. The distribution by age group was 22.7% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $30,156, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $26,719 versus $18,333 for females. The

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for the borough was $15,036. About 5.7% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the

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, including 8.5% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.

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{{authority control Populated places established in 1850 Boroughs in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

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