Dalton may refer to:

Science

Dalton (crater) Dalton is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater that is located near the western limb of the Moon's near side. It is attached to the eastern rim of the walled plain Einstein (crater), Einstein, with Balboa (lunar crater), Balboa lying just to the n ...

, a lunar crater *

Dalton (program) Dalton (named after John Dalton) is an ab initio quantum chemistry computer program suite, consisting of the Dalton and LSDalton programs. The Dalton suite is capable of calculating various molecular properties using the Hartree–Fock, MP2 ...

, chemistry software *

Dalton (unit) The dalton or unified atomic mass unit (symbols: Da or u, respectively) is a unit of mass defined as of the mass of an Bound state, unbound neutral atom of carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state and invariant mass, at rest. It is ...

(Da), a.k.a. unified atomic mass unit *

John Dalton John Dalton (; 5 or 6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) was an English chemist, physicist and meteorologist. He introduced the atomic theory into chemistry. He also researched Color blindness, colour blindness; as a result, the umbrella term ...

, chemist, physicist and meteorologist * 12292 Dalton, an asteroid

Entertainment

* Dalton (Buffyverse), minor character from ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' television series * Dalton (band), Danish musical band * Dalton (Chrono Trigger), non-playable main character in ''Chrono Trigger'' * The Dalton Brothers (band), a parodistic country band created by U2 * The Daltons (''Lucky Luke''), fictional outlaws in ''Lucky Luke'' comic book series * Dalton Academy, a fictional school in the TV series ''Glee'' * Dalton Russell, character played by Clive Owen in 2006 film ''Inside Man'' * ''The Daltons'' (2010 TV series), a French animated TV series

Places

United Kingdom

* Dalton-le-Dale, County Durham, England * Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (historically in Lancashire), England * Dalton, Cumbria, near Burton-in-Kendal (historically in Lancashire), England * Dalton, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland * Dalton, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England * Dalton, Hexhamshire, a

location In geography, location or place is used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous bou ...

in Northumberland, England * Dalton, Lancashire, near Skelmersdale, England * Dalton, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England * Dalton, South Lanarkshire, a

in Scotland * Dalton, South Yorkshire, England * Dalton, Stamfordham, a

in Northumberland, England * Dalton, West Yorkshire, England

United States

Dalton, Georgia Dalton is a city and the county seat of Whitfield County, Georgia, Whitfield County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. It is also the principal city of the Dalton metropolitan area, Dalton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encomp ...

* Dalton Gardens, Idaho * Dalton City, Illinois * Dalton, Indiana * Dalton Township, Wayne County, Indiana * Dalton, Kansas *

Dalton, Massachusetts Dalton is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Dalton is a transition town between the urban and rural portions of Berkshire County. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The populatio ...

* Dalton Township, Michigan * Dalton, Minnesota * Dalton, Missouri * Dalton, Nebraska * Dalton, New Hampshire * Dalton, New York * Dalton, North Carolina * Dalton, Ohio * Dalton, Pennsylvania * Dalton Creek, a stream in Utah * Dalton, Wisconsin

Elsewhere

* Dalton, Algoma District, Ontario * Dalton Township, Ontario * Dalton, Israel * Dalton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa * Dalton, New South Wales, Australia

Transportation

* Dalton Airport (Michigan) in Flushing, Michigan, United States * Dalton Municipal Airport in Dalton, Georgia *

Dalton Highway The James W. Dalton Highway, usually referred to as the Dalton Highway (and signed as Alaska Route 11), is a road in Alaska. It begins at the Elliott Highway, north of Fairbanks, and ends at Deadhorse (an unincorporated community within t ...

, in Alaska, United States * Dalton Trail, a trail between Alaska and Canada *

Dalton station (Ontario) The Township of Dalton was a Township (Canada), municipality located in the northwest corner of the former Victoria County, Ontario, Victoria County, now a Township (Canada)#Ontario, geographic township in the city of Kawartha Lakes, in the Canad ...

, in Canada * Dalton railway station, in Cumbria, England

Other uses

* Dalton (given name) * Dalton (surname) *

Dalton Gang The Dalton Gang was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 1890–1892. It was also known as The Dalton Brothers because three of its members were brothers. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies. During an attempted doub ...

, American Old West outlaws * Dalton Armoury, Scarborough, Ontario, a Canadian Forces facility *

Dalton Barracks Dalton Barracks is a military installation near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, England and home to 4 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps. The site is set to close in 2031. History The barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Abingdon airbas ...

, Royal Air Force station near Abingdon, Oxfordshire * Dalton Castle, Cumbria, in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England * Dalton Plan, an educational concept created by Helen Parkhurst *

Dalton School The Dalton School, originally the Children's University School, is a private, coeducational college preparatory school in New York City and a member of both the Ivy Preparatory School League and the New York Interschool. The school is located in ...

, a private school in New York City * Dalton State College, one of eight state colleges in the University System of Georgia *

Dalton tradition The Dalton tradition is a Late Paleo-Indian and Early Archaic projectile point tradition. It is named after S. P. Dalton, a judge who first discovered these artifacts in Missouri. These points appeared in most of southeast North America from to a ...

, a distinctive shape of stone arrowhead * Dalton Winery, a winery in Israel * Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, One Dalton Street