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Welcome to East Dayton ...

East Dayton is located in Michigan's Thumb.

East Dayton is located in Tuscola County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Dayton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for East Dayton: E. Dayton

East Dayton is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: East Dayton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for East Dayton: 989

Communities Also Named East Dayton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named East Dayton - they are located in Louisiana and Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Dayton.

Communities near East Dayton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Dayton.

  • Caro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Caro is located in Tuscola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caro <3>
  • Vassar
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Cass City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Marlette
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Millington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • North Branch
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Mayville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Columbiaville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Fairgrove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Unionville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around East Dayton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Dayton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of East Dayton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Dayton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around East Dayton. See our Newspapers Page for East Dayton.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Dayton ...

Looking for more information about East Dayton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to East Dayton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Dayton.

Adding East Dayton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Dayton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for East Dayton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the East Dayton post office opened in 1857. The East Dayton post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Dayton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Tuscola, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Dayton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/