dalton

 

city (1990 pop. 21,761), seat of Whitfield co., extreme NW Ga., in the Appalachian valley; inc. 1847. It is a highly industrialized city in a farm area. Its large tufted-textile industry was begun in the late 1800s and still remains important; the city is the center of the U.S. carpet industry. In the Civil War, Dalton (Confederate headquarters after the Chattanooga campaign) fell to Gen. Sherman in the Atlanta campaign (1864). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is nearby, as is a state park.

Dalton may refer to:

• Dalton, (Da), the atomic mass unit, after the famous chemist John Dalton
• The Dalton School, a private school in New York City
• Dalton (program), an ab initio quantum chemistry program
• Daltons, a weekly newspaper
• Dalton Transactions, a scientific journal covering inorganic chemistry

Places in the United Kingdom:

• Dalton, Cumbria, England
• Dalton, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
• Dalton, Lancashire, England
• Dalton, Hexham, Northumberland, England
• Dalton, Ponteland, Northumberland, England
• Dalton, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England
• Dalton, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England
• Dalton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Dalton, South Yorkshire, England
• Dalton, West Yorkshire, England
• Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England

Places in the United States:

• Dalton, Georgia
• Dalton, Massachusetts
• Dalton, Minnesota
• Dalton, Missouri
• Dalton, Nebraska
• Dalton, New Hampshire
• Dalton, New York
• Dalton, Ohio
• Dalton, Pennsylvania

People with the surname Dalton:

• Dalton (surname)
• Jesse and Festus, once known as The Daltons, a professional wrestling tag team made up of Jesse Dalton and Festus Dalton

People with the given name Dalton:

• Dalton McGuinty, Ontario's Premier
• Dalton Alan Munaretto, a Brazilian footballer

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