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Known as the "birthplace of aviation", Dayton is located 50 miles north of Cincinnati at the intersections of Interstates 70 and 75.

Wilbur and Orville Wright, owners of a bicycle shop on West Third Street, brought worldwide recognition to Dayton when they gave the world the wings to fly shortly after the turn of the century. Success came on December 17, 1903, when they flew the powered aircraft plane in a controlled flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. That success, originally viewed skeptically, was almost immediately credited as the world realized the significance of what had happened.

The work of the Wrights was the start of a long record of aviation accomplishments which has earned Dayton the reputation as the "Birthplace of Aviation." The first parachute jump, first solo instrument landing, night flying advances, world altitude records, and pioneering in aerial photography have all been part of Dayton's heritage of progress in aviation. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the U.S. Air Force Museum are located in Dayton.

Dayton was incorporated in 1805, with a government of seven trustees acting as council, a supervisor and a Marshal. The first school opened in 1804; the first library society in 1805. Today, the metropolitan Dayton area has a population of just over 1 million people.