Dayton Lakes

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Dayton Lakes

Total population

85

Median home value

$0

13.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$16,750

Dayton Lakes$17k

National$74k

Elevation9 m

Land area2.51 km²

Coordinates30.14°, -94.82°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Dayton Lakes is a city in Liberty County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Dayton Lakes had a population of 45. Prior to 1985 Dayton Lakes city was a developed and marketed recreational subdivision named Dayton Lake Estates. In January 1985 the corporation that marketed the original subdivision held and election of residents and when the election was successful, they petitioned the District Court in Liberty County, Texas and The City of Dayton Lakes, TX, a Non Profit Corporation, was created as a city/town. The actual document was filed and recorded on January 19, 1985. Those corporate papers are the city's legal identity.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

W

William Franklin Blair

U.S. herpetologist and mammalogist (1912–1984)

Bill Dodd

American politician (1909–1991)

E

Ellis Delaney

American singer-songwriter

Tink Riviere

American baseball player (1899-1965)

G

Glenn Brady

HIRA SINGH NEGI

H

Harley McAdams

American physicist, microbial geneticist, and developmental biologist

N

Nicole Frazier

O

Oliverio M. Rodriguez

American military personnel (1917-1954)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Dayton Lakes

The Big Thicket guidebook

Lorraine G. Bonney · 2011

Model programs--childhood education

American Institutes for Research. · 1970

1990 census of population and housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1992

Hunting Humans

Michael Newton · 1990

Sixteenth census of the United States: 1940

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1940

A TOUR OF THE WORLD

Malik Mansab Khan · 2025

Search results from Open Library.

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