In 1867 Joseph Chadwick and family settled on Five Mile Creek and built a log cabin, where he kept a supply store in one room to serve the few settlers and freighters. They were followed by Peter Poole, Robert Taylor, Stephen Callan, George Mendenhall, Richard Wickham, and their families. The locality was first known as Five Mile, later Chadville, and in 1890 Card. In 1906 Wm.B. Preston gave it the name Dayton. Fred Jensen was the first L.D.S. presiding Elder.