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) is a non-SI unit of mass widely used in physics and chemistry. It is defined as of the mass of an unbound neutral atom of carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state and at re ...

(Da), the atomic mass unit *

John Dalton John Dalton (; 5 or 6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) was an English chemist, physicist and meteorologist. He is best known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, and for his research into colour blindness, which he had. Colour b ...

, chemist, physicist and meteorologist

Entertainment

Dalton (Buffyverse) This article lists the major and recurring fictional characters created by Joss Whedon for the television series '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. For detailed descriptions, see individual character pages. Cast Main cast The following characters ...

, 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) The Joshua Tree Tour was a concert tour by the Irish rock band U2, which took place during 1987, in support of their album ''The Joshua Tree''. The tour was depicted by the video and live album '' Live from Paris'' and in the 1988 studio/live ...

, 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 Dalton-le-Dale is a small village in County Durham, in England. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 1,546. It is situated on the old A19 road between Seaham and Murton. Most of the village is located in a wooded valley bottom, s ...

, County Durham, England *

Dalton-in-Furness Dalton-in-Furness is a town and former civil parish in the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. In 2011 it had a population of 7,827. It is located north east of Barrow-in-Furness. History Dalton is mentioned in the Domesday Book, wr ...

, Cumbria (historically in Lancashire), England *

Dalton, Cumbria Dalton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria, England. Until 1894 it was in Lancashire, but was transferred to Westmorland "in accordance with the unanimous desire of the inhabitants". In 1961 the p ...

, near Burton-in-Kendal (historically in Lancashire), England *

Dalton, Dumfries and Galloway The village of Dalton is a small settlement about southeast of Dumfries and south of Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary ...

, Scotland *

Dalton, Hambleton Dalton is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It is about south of Thirsk and near the A168 road. It mainly consists of farmland as well as an industrial estate. It has a population of 518. Hist ...

, North Yorkshire, England * Dalton, Hexhamshire, a

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

Dalton, Lancashire Dalton is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, near Skelmersdale and south of the River Douglas. Dalton was listed in the Domesday Book, and soon after the Norman conquest became part of the Barony Barony may refer to: ...

, near Skelmersdale, England * Dalton, Northumbria, England *

Dalton, Richmondshire Dalton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire in England. Dalton is situated about six miles north-west of Richmond and about five miles south-east of Barnard Castle within the council district of Richmondshire and close to the A ...

, North Yorkshire, England * Dalton, South Lanarkshire, a

in Scotland *

Dalton, South Yorkshire Dalton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. Dalton is situated north from London and is north-east from the centre of Rotherham town centre. The population of the parish as taken at the 20 ...

, England * Dalton, Stamfordham, a

Dalton, West Yorkshire Dalton is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in England, approximately one mile east of the town centre between Moldgreen, Rawthorpe and Kirkheaton. Located in a small valley it is mostly housing, with a small number of engineering ...

, England

United States

Dalton, Georgia Dalton is a city and the county seat of Whitfield County, Georgia, United States. It is also the principal city of the Dalton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Murray and Whitfield counties. As of the 2010 census, the c ...

Dalton Gardens, Idaho Dalton Gardens is a city in Kootenai County, Idaho. It is considered a suburb of Coeur d'Alene and borders the city to the north and east. The city of Dalton Gardens is also part of the larger Spokane-Coeur d'Alene Combined Metropolitan Statist ...

Dalton City, Illinois Dalton City is a village in Moultrie County, Illinois, United States. It is in the center of the state near the Macon County line, located along Route 121 at its intersection with Route 128 and between the larger villages of Bethany and Mount ...

Dalton, Indiana Dalton is an unincorporated community in Dalton Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History Dalton was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece ...

Dalton Township, Wayne County, Indiana Dalton Township is one of fifteen townships in Wayne County, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city ...

* Dalton, Kansas *

Dalton, Massachusetts Dalton is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. 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 population was 6,330 at th ...

* Dalton Township, Michigan *

Dalton, Minnesota Dalton is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 215 at the 2020 census. History Dalton was platted in 1882 by Ole C. Dahl, and named for him. A post office has been in operation at Dalton since 1882. Dalton ...

* Dalton, Missouri *

Dalton, Nebraska Dalton is a village in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 315 at the 2010 census. History Early History Dalton was founded ''circa'' 1900 when the Nebraska, Wyoming and Western Railroad was extended to that point. Th ...

Dalton, New Hampshire Dalton is a town in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 933 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Berlin, NH– VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Dalton was incorporated in 1764 under the name "Chiswick ...

Dalton, New York Dalton is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Nunda and Portage in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 362 at the 2010 census. Geography Dalton is in southwestern Livingston County, primaril ...

Dalton, North Carolina Dalton is an unincorporated community in Stokes County, North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordere ...

Dalton, Ohio Dalton is a village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census indicated a population of 1,830. History Dalton had its start in 1855 with the merging of three neighboring rival villages in Sugar Creek Township named Dover (est. 1817 ...

Dalton, Pennsylvania Dalton is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and is located approximately eight miles north of the city of Scranton in a suburban area known as “the Abingtons." Dalton is also approximately thre ...

Dalton Creek Dalton Creek is a stream in Morgan County, Utah, United States. A tributary of the Weber River, it is located within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and its mouth is about southeast of Peterson. The stream has two main tributaries: th ...

, a stream in Utah * Dalton, Wisconsin

Elsewhere

Dalton, Algoma District, Ontario Unorganized North Algoma District is an unorganized area in northeastern Ontario, Canada, comprising all areas in Algoma District, north of the Sault Ste. Marie to Elliot Lake corridor, which are not part of an incorporated municipality or a First ...

* Dalton Township, Ontario *

Dalton, Israel Dalton ( he, דַּלְתּוֹן) is a moshav near Safed in northern Israel under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. It was founded by immigrants from Tripoli in Libya in 1950 under the leadership of Hapoel HaMizrachi. The moshav ...

* Dalton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa *

Dalton, New South Wales Dalton is a small inland country town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Upper Lachlan Shire. Location Dalton is north of the Hume Highway that joins Sydney and Melbourne, between Goulburn and Yass in southern New S ...

, Australia

Transportation

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

Dalton Municipal Airport Dalton Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located six miles (10 km) southeast of the central business district of Dalton, a city in Whitfield County, Georgia, United States. Facilities and aircraft Dalton Municipal ...

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 the ...

, in Alaska, United States *

Dalton Trail The Dalton Trail is a trail that runs between Pyramid Harbor, west of Haines, Alaska in the United States, and Fort Selkirk, in the Yukon Territory of Canada, using the Chilkat Pass. It is 396 km (246 mi) long. Originally, the Ch ...

, a trail between Alaska and Canada * Dalton station (Ontario), in Canada *

Dalton railway station Dalton is a railway station on the Furness Line, which runs between and . The station, situated north-east of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the town of Dalton-in-Furness in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. H ...

, in Cumbria, England

Other uses

Dalton (given name) Dalton is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Dalton Bales, Ontario cabinet minister and lawyer * Dalton Bell, Canadian football quarterback * Dalton Camp, Canadian journalist, politician, political strategist and commen ...

* 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 four of its members were brothers. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies. During an attempted doubl ...

, American Old West outlaws *

Dalton Armoury Dalton Armoury is a Canadian Forces Primary Reserve facility located at 20 Scarsdale Road in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. It was opened on April 22, 2006. The building was leased primarily to house Buffs Company, of The Queen's Own Rifles of C ...

, Scarborough, Ontario, a Canadian Forces facility *

Dalton Barracks Dalton Barracks is a military installation near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, England and home to No. 3 and 4 Logistic Regiments of the Royal Logistic Corps. History The barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Abingdon airbase, in 1 ...

, Royal Air Force station near Abingdon, Oxfordshire *

Dalton Castle, Cumbria Dalton Castle is a grade I listed 14th-century peel tower situated in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. It was constructed by the monks of Furness Abbey Furness Abbey, or St. Mary of Furness, ...

, in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England *

Dalton Plan The Dalton Plan is an educational concept created by Helen Parkhurst. It is inspired by the intellectual ferment at the turn of the 20th century. Educational thinkers such as Maria Montessori and John Dewey influenced Parkhurst while she created ...

, 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 Dalton State College (DSC or Dalton State) is a public college in Dalton, Georgia. It is part of the University System of Georgia. Founded in 1963 as a junior college, the college became a four-year institution in 1998. Dalton State is accredit ...

, 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. These points appeared in most of Southeast North America around 10,000–7,500 BC. :''"They are distinctive artifacts, having concave bases with "ears ...

, a distinctive shape of stone arrowhead *

Dalton Winery The Dalton Winery ( he, יקב דלתון) was founded in 1995 by members of the Haruni family who moved to Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( ...

, a winery in Israel *

Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, One Dalton Street One Dalton is a skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the third tallest building in Boston, the tallest residential building in New England, and the tallest building constructed in the city since Hancock Place in 1976. It is located in th ...