Old North Dayton

Old North Dayton. . , Old North Dayton is vital to the history of our modern-day city. Waves of immigrants from Eastern Europe began to arrive in Dayton in the late 1800s. Displaced from their homelands by poverty or oppression, they came seeking work in the iron and rail industries. In an area north and west of the Mad River, south of the Great Miami River, and along the Miami Erie Canal, settlers from Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, and Poland gathered together with fellow immigrants in a new neighborhood. Here in Old North Dayton, they established communities that helped preserve the languages, religions, and cultures from their countries of origin. They built homes, started businesses, and founded places of worship., Many descendants and traditions of those early immigrants remain. At the same time, today, Old North Dayton continues to welcome immigrants from other parts of the world. These new residents, like their predecessors before them, strike a balance between preserving and sharing their own customs and enjoying the richness other cultures have to offer. Old North Dayton is forever changing, but amid that change, it remains a proud example of multiculturalism at its best.