what county is dayton ohio in?
Dayton (/ËdeÉªtÉn/; local pronunciation: /ËdeÉªÊn/) is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Montgomery County. A small portion of the city extends into Greene County. In the 2010 census, the population was 141,527, and the Dayton metropolitan area had 799,232 residents, making it Ohio's fourth-largest metropolitan area, after Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus and the 63rd-largest in the United States.