Dalton is a small inland country town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in Upper Lachlan Shire.

[6] Dalton Public School was, in 1878, under the instruction of Mr. J. V. Moore, and held in a building rented for the purpose, which was very inadequate at the time.

[21] Several amateur geologists in Dalton and the surrounding region have seismic recorders that automatically send data to Geoscience Australia.

Around 73.4 per cent of the population had both parents born in Australia, with the next highest place of birth for mother or father being England.

the town is taking on a new role as a rural-residential centre, with generally well-maintained wide streets and churches, a school, a viable hotel (pub), post office services, and a petrol station.

The dry-land farming supports both summer and winter wheat, and some other cereal crops, but agriculture also extends to cattle production for meat.

[29][31][32] In August 2023, a group of volunteers working with OzFish Unlimited and the local council undertook the translocation of 200 fish to Oolong Creek, to boost the population there.