Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Dayton, KY

Dayton is a home rule-class city in Campbell County, Kentucky, sitting on the inside of a bend of the Ohio River less than three miles from downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dayton is the northernmost community in Kentucky.

Dayton was created from two separate river towns, Jamestown and Brooklyn, which had been incorporated in 1848 and 1849 respectively; they were merged and reincorporated in 1867 under the name Dayton, in honor of the city of Dayton, Ohio.

A ferry crossing was established at the foot of what is now Dayton Pike by the early 19th century, tying the young town to Cincinnati across the river.

The 2020 census counted 5,666 residents in Dayton, up from 5,338 in 2010 — a rebound after decades of decline from the city's peak of 9,071 residents in 1930.

The 2020 census counted 2,240 households in Dayton, and all of the city's residents lived in an urban area.

The large sandbar just offshore in the Ohio River was the site of a 1779 Revolutionary War fight known as Rogers' Defeat, and for many years the sandbar hosted a popular swimming spot called the Manhattan Bathing Beach.

Tacoma Park, a riverside amusement park in Dayton with a roller coaster, rides, a bathhouse, and a dance floor and skating rink, drew visitors from across the Cincinnati region until the 1937 flood destroyed it.

Ohio River floods devastated Dayton in 1884, 1913, and 1937 — the 1937 flood crested at 61.3 feet, destroyed 45 city blocks, and affected about 80 percent of the city's population — and a protective floodwall was finally completed in late 1981.

Hall of Fame basketball coach John Wooden coached at Dayton High School early in his legendary career.