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People gather at the Tennessee Strawberry Festival on Saturday, May 9, 2015, in Dayton, Tenn. The annual festival, held in historic downtown Dayton around the Rhea County Courthouse, brought crowds to browse the wares of craft vendors and food trucks. — People gather at the Tennessee Strawberry Festival on Saturday, May 9, 2015, in Dayton, Tenn. The annual festival, held in historic downtown Dayton around the Rhea County Courthouse, brought crowds to browse the wares of craft vendors and food trucks. People gather at the Tennessee Strawberry Festival on Saturday, May 9, 2015, in Dayton, Tenn. The annual festival, held in historic downtown Dayton around the Rhea County Courthouse, brought crowds to browse the wares of craft vendors and food trucks.

By Ben Benton June 2, 2016 2 min read

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Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 8/27/14. Students walk through the center of Bryan College's campus in Dayton, Tenn., on August 27, 2014.

People walk past vendors' tents at the Tennessee Strawberry Festival on Saturday, May 9, 2015, in Dayton, Tenn. The annual festival, held in historic downtown Dayton around the Rhea County Courthouse, brought crowds to browse the wares of craft vendors and food trucks.

Strawberries are boxed to be taken home by a vendor at the Tennessee Strawberry Festival on Saturday, May 9, 2015, in Dayton, Tenn. The annual festival, held in historic downtown Dayton around the Rhea County Courthouse, brought crowds to browse the wares of craft vendors and food trucks.

Dayton officials are planning to build a greenway trail that will connect Bryan College, Point Park and the downtown area with underpasses to cross beneath Highway 27 and Highway 30. Bill Coulter, left and his wife Connie take a walk over the bridge at Richland Creek Park in Dayton, Tenn., on Wednesday, December 3, 2014.

Teenage-contestant William Price, in MainStreet Dayton's

Jul 3, 2012-- The Rhea County Courthouse in downtown Dayton is famous for the 1925 Scopes Trial.

People gather at the Tennessee Strawberry Festival on Saturday, May 9, 2015, in Dayton, Tenn. The annual festival, held in historic downtown Dayton around the Rhea County Courthouse, brought crowds to browse the wares of craft vendors and food trucks.

DAYTON, Tenn.

Location: Rhea County, between Walden’s Ridge and the Tennessee River

Size: 7.65 square miles

Population: 7,395 (2014 estimate)

Year founded: 1820 as Smith’s Crossroads. Renamed Dayton in 1877.