Dawson may refer to:
People and fictional characters
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, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
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Dawson (given name) Dawson is a masculine given name which may refer to:
People
*Dawson Bates (1876–1949), Northern Irish politician
* Dawson Buckley (1917–1993), Australian rugby league player
* Dawson Burns (1828–1909), English minister and temperance activist ...
, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
Places
Antarctica
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Dawson Head, Palmer Land
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Dawson Nunatak, Mac. Robertson Land
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Dawson Peak, Ross Dependency
Australia
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Division of Dawson
The Division of Dawson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.
Geography
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australi ...
, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland
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Dawson River (New South Wales)
Dawson River, a perennial river of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast district of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Dawson River rises below Mount Goonook within the Gibraltar Range, near Killabakh, ...
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Dawson River (Queensland)
The Dawson River is a river located in Central Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The Dawson River rises in the Carnarvon Range, draining through the Carnarvon National Park, northwest of the settlement of Upper Dawson. The flows gen ...
, a river in eastern Queensland, Australia
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Dawson, South Australia, a locality and former town northeast of Peterborough
Canada
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Dawson City
Dawson City, officially the City of Dawson, is a town in the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is inseparably linked to the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99). Its population was 1,577 as of the 2021 census, making it the second-largest town in Yuko ...
, Yukon
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Dawson (electoral district) Dawson electoral district was a territorial electoral district in the Yukon Territory, Canada, which elected a member to the Yukon Territorial Council. The electoral district was created in 1920 by the merger of the former districts of North Dawson ...
, Yukon Territory
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Dawson Range (Yukon), in the
Yukon Ranges
The Yukon Ranges are a mountain range comprising the mountains in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Alaska and most of the Yukon in Canada. Named after the Yukon, this range has area of .Dawson Creek
Dawson Creek is a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The municipality of had a population of 12,978 in 2016. Dawson Creek derives its name from the creek of the same name that runs through the community. The creek was named after ...
, a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada
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Dawson Range (British Columbia)
The Dawson Range is a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains of the Columbia Mountains
The Columbia Mountains are a group of mountain ranges along the upper Columbia River in British Columbia, Montana, Idaho and Washington. The mountain range ...
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Dawson Falls
Dawson Falls is one of seven waterfalls on the Murtle River in Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.
Name origin
Dawson Falls was named in 1913 by land surveyor Robert Henry Lee after George Herbert Dawson, the Surveyor-General fo ...
, British Columbia
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Dawson, Ontario
Dawson is a township (Canada), township located in Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The township is located at the mouth of the Rainy River (Minnesota–Ontario), Rainy River where it flows into Lake of the Woods.
The towns ...
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Dawson Township, Ontario (disambiguation) There are a number of townships named Dawson in Ontario:
*Dawson Township, Manitoulin District, Ontario
*Dawson, Ontario
Dawson is a township located in Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The township is located at the mouth ...
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Dawson Trail (electoral district), Manitoba
Chile
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Dawson Island
Dawson Island () is an island in the Strait of Magellan that forms part of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, 100 km south of the city of Punta Arenas in Chile, and part of the Municipality of Punta Arenas. It is located southeast of Brunswic ...
, an island in the Strait of Magellan south of the city of Punta Arenas in Chile
Ireland
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Dawson Street
Dawson Street (; ) is a street on the southern side of central Dublin, running from St Stephen's Green to the walls of Trinity College Dublin. It is the site of the residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Mansion House.
Location
Dawson Stre ...
, Dublin
Singapore
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Dawson, Singapore, a public housing estate in
Queenstown, Singapore
Queenstown is a planning area and satellite residential town situated on the south-westernmost fringe of the Central Region of Singapore. It borders Bukit Timah to the north, Tanglin to the northeast, Bukit Merah to the east and southeast, as ...
United States
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Dawson, Alabama
Dawson is a small unincorporated community located in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. It is located atop Sand Mountain, approximately northeast of the town of Crossville.
Geography
Dawson is located at . Its average elevation is above ...
, a small community
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Dawson, Georgia
Dawson is a city in and the county seat of
Terrell County, Georgia, United States.
The population was 4,414 at the 2020 census. Incorporated on December 22, 1857, the city is named for Senator William Crosby Dawson.
Dawson is part of t ...
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Dawson, Illinois
Dawson is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 519 at the 2020 census. It is about east of Springfield and is part of the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Dawson was located along an old I ...
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Dawson, Iowa
Dawson is a city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 116 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Dawson is located at (41.843698, -94.22133 ...
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Dawson Springs, Kentucky
Dawson Springs is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city in Hopkins County, Kentucky, Hopkins and Caldwell County, Kentucky, Caldwell counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the populati ...
, formerly known as "Dawson City"
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Dawson, Maryland
Dawson is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 103.
Dawson is on U.S. Route 220, northeast of Keyser, West Virginia, and southwe ...
, an unincorporated community
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Dawson, Missouri Dawson is an unincorporated community in eastern Wright County, Missouri, United States. Dawson is located on Missouri Route 95, approximately nine miles north of Mountain Grove and three miles south of the Route 95 - Missouri Route 38
Route 38 ...
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Dawson, Minnesota
Dawson is a city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,466 at the 2020 census.
History
Dawson was platted in 1884. The city was named for William Dawson, a former mayor of St. Paul, and one of three partners ...
, a city
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Dawson, Nebraska
Dawson is a village in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 148 at the 2020 census.
History
Dawson was originally known as Noraville, and under the latter name was platted in 1872 when the Atchison and Nebraska Railro ...
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Dawson, New Mexico
Dawson (also Mountview) is a ghost town in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. Dawson was the site of two separate coal mining disasters in 1913 and 1923. Dawson is located approximately 17 miles northeast of Cimarron. Dawson was a coal mi ...
, a ghost town
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Dawson, North Dakota
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Dawson, Ohio, an unincorporated community
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Dawson, Oregon, an unincorporated community
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Dawson, Pennsylvania
Dawson is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 352 at the 2020 census, down from 367 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Dawson is located in northern Fayette County at (40.047892, -79.658659), on the north ba ...
, a borough
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Dawson Historic District, a national historic district located at Dawson, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
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Dawson, Texas
Dawson is a town in Navarro County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 807 at the 2010 census.
History
The town was established in 1847 and was the second town established in the county.
Geography
Dawson is located at (31.895427 ...
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Dawson County, Georgia
Dawson County is a county located in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,798 up from 22,330 in 2010. The county seat is Dawsonville.
Dawson County is included in the Atlanta-S ...
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Dawson Forest
Dawson Forest is a public-use forest located in Dawson County, Georgia, southwest of Dawsonville. It is owned by the city of Atlanta, but is considered a state forest, as it is managed by the Georgia Forestry Commission.
It was purchased in 19 ...
, a public-use forest located in Dawson County, Georgia
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Dawson County, Montana
Dawson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,940. Its county seat is Glendive.
History
Dawson County was the tenth county organized in Montana Territory. It was created January 15, ...
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Dawson County, Nebraska
Dawson County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 24,326. Its county seat is Lexington.
Dawson County is part of the Lexington, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska ...
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Dawson County, Texas
Dawson County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 12,456. The county seat is Lamesa, Texas, Lamesa. The county was created in 1876 and later organi ...
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Dawson, Austin, Texas, a neighborhood
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Camp Dawson (New Jersey)
Montville is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 21,528, reflecting an increase of 689 (+3.3%) from the 20,839 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in tu ...
, a small recreational area
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Dawson, West Virginia
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Camp Dawson (West Virginia)
Camp Dawson is a West Virginia Army National Guard facility in Preston County, West Virginia, Preston County, West Virginia. It is one of a handful of dedicated military posts operated by the West Virginia National Guard (as opposed to smaller ar ...
, an Army National Guard facility
*Dawson Peak, a mountain in
Angeles National Forest
The Angeles National Forest (ANF) of the United States Forest Service, U.S. Forest Service is located in the San Gabriel Mountains and Sierra Pelona Mountains, primarily within Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County in southern Calif ...
, California
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Dawson Township (disambiguation) Dawson Township may refer to:
Canada
* Dawson, Ontario, in Rainy River District
* Dawson Township, Manitoulin District, Ontario
United States
* Dawson Township, McLean County, Illinois
* Dawson Township, Greene County, Iowa
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Moon
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Dawson (crater)
Dawson is a lunar impact crater that lies on the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies across a crater triplet: the southeast rim is intruding into the crater Alekhin; the northwest rim also intrudes into the larger satellite c ...
, a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon
Transportation
Australia
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Dawson Highway
The Dawson Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It runs for between Gladstone and Springsure where it terminates. From Gladstone to Rolleston it is signed as State Route 60, and then A7 onwards to Springsure. It continues west f ...
, Queensland
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Dawson railway station, a closed station in Victoria
Canada
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Dawson Bridge, Edmonton, Alberta
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Old Dawson Trail
The colonization roads were created during the 1840s and 1850s to open up or provide access to areas in Central and Eastern Ontario for settlement and agricultural development. The colonization roads were used by settlers to lead them toward are ...
, 19th century route between Thunder Bay, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba
United States
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Dawson Community Airport
Dawson Community Airport is five miles northwest of Glendive, in Dawson County, Montana, United States. The airport has one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
The airport opened around 1970, replacing the airport on the ...
, Dawson County, Montana, USA
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USS ''Dawson'' (APA-79), a US Navy World War II attack transport
Education
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Dawson College
Dawson College (French: ''Collège Dawson)'' is an English-language public general and vocational college in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The college is situated near the heart of Downtown Montreal in a former nunnery on approximately 12 acre ...
, Quebec, Canada
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Dawson Community College
Dawson Community College (DCC) is a public community college in Glendive, Montana. The college enrolls approximately 400 students and offers associate degree programs and certificate programs. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Col ...
, Glendive, Montana
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Dawson School
Dawson School is a historic school building located in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the intersection of East Ute Place and North Kingston Place. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. This two-room sandstone building was built i ...
, an historic school building located in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Buildings
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Dawson Brothers Plant, a historic factory building
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Dawson Building
The Dawson Building (also known as the Eagles Home) is a historic commercial building located at 1851 Purchase Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Description and history
It is a four-story, brick Classical Revival style building, whose most ...
, a historic building at 1851 Purchase Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Dawson Farm, a historic property located at Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland
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Dawson Tower
Dawson Tower ( si, ඩෝසන් කුළුණ, Dosan Kuluna), is located on Kadugannawa in the Kadugannawa Pass
Kadugannawa Pass is a mountain pass located near Kadugannawa town in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is located alo ...
, located on Kadugannawa in the Kadugannawa Pass
Sport
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Dawson City Nuggets
The Dawson City Nuggets (also known as the Klondikes) were an ice hockey team from Dawson City, Yukon, that challenged the reigning champion Ottawa Senators (original), Ottawa Hockey Club, aka "the Silver Seven", in January 1905, for the Stanley ...
, a hockey team from Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
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Dawson Creek Kodiaks, a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
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Dawson Creek Rage, an ice hockey team based out of Dawson Creek, British Columbia
Other uses
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Dawson baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Dawson, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2007.
The Dawson Baronetcy, of Edgwarebury in the parish of Edgware in the County of Middlese ...
, two baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Dawson Car Company
The Dawson Car Company was formed in June 1918 by AJ Dawson, previously works manager at Hillman and designer of the 1913 Hillman Nine car and launched in 1919.
The only car made by the company was the 11-12 hp with a water-cooled, four-c ...
, created in 1918 by AJ Dawson, previously works manager at Hillman
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Dawson function
In mathematics, the Dawson function or Dawson integral
(named after H. G. Dawson)
is the one-sided Fourier–Laplace sine transform of the Gaussian function.
Definition
The Dawson function is defined as either:
D_+(x) = e^ \int_0^x e^\,dt,
als ...
, a mathematical function
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Dawson v. Delaware
''Dawson v. Delaware'', 503 U.S. 159 (1992), was a Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court decision that ruled that a person's rights of association and due process, as granted under the First Amendment to the United States ...
'', a United States Supreme Court decision about a person's rights of association and due process
See also
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Dawson murder case, parents and five children were murdered in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2002
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Dawson Massacre
The Dawson massacre, also called the Dawson expedition, was an incident in which 36 Texian militiamen were killed by Mexican soldiers on September 17, 1842 near San Antonio de Bexar (now the U.S. city of San Antonio, Texas). The event occurred d ...
or Expedition, an 1842 clash between Mexico and the Republic of Texas
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Dawson's (disambiguation)
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