Rhea County, Tennessee
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Rhea County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, its population was 32,870. Its county seat is Dayton. Rhea County comprises the Dayton, TN micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL combined statistical area.
The Rhea County Courthouse, site of the Scopes Trial
The cooling towers of Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station, with the Tennessee River in the foreground
View of Dayton from Cedar Glen Lane
Dayton, Tennessee
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Dayton is a city in and the county seat of Rhea County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 7,065. The Dayton Urban Cluster, which includes developed areas adjacent to the city and extends south to Graysville.
The Rhea County courthouse is home of the famous "Monkey Trial".
Downtown Dayton, 1925