Carver may refer to:

Places

United States

Carver, Massachusetts Carver is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,645 at the 2020 census. It is named for John Carver, the first governor of the Plymouth Colony. The town features two popular tourist attractions: Edavil ...

, a town *

Carver County, Minnesota Carver County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The county is mostly farmland and wilderness with many unincorporated townships. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,922. Its county seat is Chaska. Carver County is named for ...

Carver, Minnesota Carver is a small city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States along the banks of the Minnesota River. The city is named after early explorer Jonathan Carver. The downtown area is home to the Carver Historic District, a nationally recognized c ...

, a city *

Carver, Oregon Carver is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, which, between 2004 and 2016, was part of the city of Damascus, Oregon. Before 2004, when the city of Damascus incorporated, Carver was an independent, unincorpora ...

, an unincorporated community * Carver, Richmond, Virginia, a neighborhood * Carver, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Carver Glacier Carver Glacier is in the U.S. state of Oregon. The glacier is situated in the Cascade Range at an elevation near , just east of Skinner Glacier. Carver Glacier is on the north slopes of South Sister, a dormant stratovolcano. See also * List o ...

, Oregon *

Carver Lake (Washington County, Minnesota) Carver Lake is a lake in Ramsey and Washington counties, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Carver Lake was named for a pioneer who settled there. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the ...

* Carver Lake, Oregon, northeast of

Prouty Glacier Prouty Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The glacier is situated in the Cascade Range at an elevation generally between . Prouty Glacier is on the northeast slopes of Three Sisters (Oregon), South Sister, a dormant stratovolcano. Be ...

* Carver Creek (disambiguation) * Carver Branch, a stream in Missouri

Elsewhere

* Carver Lake (Ontario), Canada - see List of lakes of Ontario: C * Carver (crater), on the Moon

Arts and entertainment

* ''Carver'' (film), a 2008 horror film directed by Franklin Guerrero, Jr. * ''Carver'' (novel), the fifth novel of the ''Samuel Carver'' series by Tom Cain * ''Carver'' (play), a radio drama by the Scottish composer and writer John Purser *

Carver (Nip/Tuck) The Carver is a fictional character on the television show ''Nip/Tuck.'' Introduced during the second season, he became the primary antagonist of the third season. Background The Carver is introduced in the episode "Naomi Gaines" as a masked s ...

, a serial rapist/killer in the TV series ''Nip/Tuck'' * '' Carver: A Life in Poems'', a 1987 poetry collection by Marilyn Nelson

Businesses

Carver Federal Savings Bank Carver Federal Savings Bank, opened under the leadership of M. Moran Weston in 1948, is the "largest black-owned financial institution" in the United States. Carver Bancorp, Inc. is its holding company. The bank has been designated by the U.S. ...

, the largest black-owned financial institution in the United States *

Carver Bancorp Carver Federal Savings Bank, opened under the leadership of M. Moran Weston in 1948, is the "largest black-owned financial institution" in the United States. Carver Bancorp, Inc. is its holding company. The bank has been designated by the U.S. ...

, Inc., the holding company for Carver Federal Savings Bank * Carver State Bank, established in 1927, based and operating in Georgia *

Carver Savings and Loan Association The Carver Savings and Loan Association (Carver S&L) opened in 1944 as the first African-American financial institution in Omaha, Nebraska. Located at 2416 Lake Street next to the historic North 24th Street corridor, it was in the heart of the Nea ...

, the first African-American financial institution in Omaha, Nebraska *

Carver Yachts Carver was a yacht builder located in Pulaski, Wisconsin in the United States. Their models ranged from 18 feet to 57 feet. History Carver Yachts was founded in 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin when Charles "Charlie" Carter and George Verhagen starte ...

, a powerboat company in Pulaski, Wisconsin *

Bob Carver Robert W. (Bob) Carver is an American designer of audio equipment based in the Pacific Northwest. Educated as a physicist and engineer, he found an interest in audio equipment at a young age. He applied his talent to produce numerous innovative ...

LLC, formerly the Carver Corporation, a manufacturer of audio equipment *

The Hotel Carver The Hotel Carver is a three-story Victorian Building with full basement at 107 S. Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, California. It was built in the late 1880s as part of the Doty Block in the Old Pasadena district. According to sources at the Pasade ...

, a former hotel, the first African American-owned hotel in Pasadena, California *

Carver Theater (disambiguation) Carver Theater or Carver Theatre may refer to: in the United States (by state) * Carver Theatre (Birmingham, Alabama), now known as the ''Carver Performing Arts Center'' * Carver Theatre (Columbia, South Carolina) * Carver Theater (New Orleans) ...

Carver (automotive company) Carver Europe B.V. is a Dutch company that develops and manufactures three-wheeled electric enclosed man-wide vehicles. The company's core technology is the Dynamic Vehicle Control (DVC) system, which enables narrow vehicles to make banked turns, ...

, a Dutch manufacturer of tilting three-wheeled vehicles

American schools

Carver College Carver College is a private Bible college located in Atlanta, Georgia. It was established in 1943 as the Carver Bible Institute. The institute was founded by Solomon Randolph, a Black pastor in Atlanta, and Grace and Talmage Payne, graduates of t ...

, a private Bible college in Atlanta, Georgia *

Carver Junior College Carver Junior College, in Cocoa, Florida, was established by the Brevard County Board of Public Instruction in 1960 to serve black students, at the same time that it founded Brevard Junior College, now Eastern Florida State College, for white stude ...

, Cocoa, Florida, closed in 1963 *

Carver High School (disambiguation) "Carver High School" or "George Washington Carver High School" may refer to one of the following public secondary schools in the United States: Alabama *George Washington Carver High School (Birmingham, Alabama) *George Washington Carver High Sch ...

Carver Center for Arts and Technology George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, also known just as the Carver Center is a Baltimore County-wide public magnet high school originally established in 1992 as one of three geographically spread technology high schools, (othe ...

, a public high school in Towson, Maryland * Carver Military Academy, Chicago, Illinois, a public military high school *

Carver Middle School (disambiguation) Carver Middle School might refer to one of several schools: * G.W. Carver Middle School (Miami, Florida) * G.W. Carver Middle School (Richmond, Virginia) * G.W. Carver Middle School (Tulsa, Oklahoma) * Carver Elementary School (Martinsville, Virgini ...

* Carver Academy, a public charter school in San Antonio, Texas *

Carver Elementary School (disambiguation) There are a number of elementary schools named Carver Elementary School: * Carver Elementary School (San Marino, California) * Carver Elementary School (Santa Ana, California) * Carver Elementary School (Royal Oak Charter Township, Michigan), liste ...

People

* Carver (surname) * Carver

Dana Andrews Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American film actor who became a major star in what is now known as film noir. A leading man during the 1940s, he continued acting in less prestigious roles and character parts ...

(1909-1992), American actor *

Carver Mead Carver Andress Mead (born May 1, 1934) is an American scientist and engineer. He currently holds the position of Gordon and Betty Moore Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), ...

(born 1934), American computer scientist * Carver Shannon (born 1938), American National Football League and Canadian Football League former player

Other uses

* Carver chair *

CARVER matrix The CARVER matrix was developed by the United States Army Special Forces during the Vietnam War. CARVER is an acronym that stands for Criticality, Accessibility, Recuperability, Vulnerability, Effect and Recognizability and is a system to identif ...

, a target prioritization method * Carver Hall, an Iowa State University academic building *

Carver Memorial Library Carver Memorial Library is the public library of Searsport, Maine. It is located at 12 Union Street in the town center, in a 1910 Tudor Revival building donated in memory of Captain George A. Carver, a Searsport native. The building was listed on ...

, the public library of Searsport, Maine *

Carver Arena Peoria Civic Center is an entertainment complex located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. Designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Philip Johnson and John Burgee, it has an arena, theater, exhibit hall and meeting rooms. It opened in 1982 and ...

, a sports facility in Peoria, Illinois *

Carver Barracks Carver Barracks is a British Army base on the former site of RAF Debden, approximately 1 mile north of the village of Debden, Uttlesford, Debden, in Essex. The nearest town is Saffron Walden. History The airfield was built in 1935–37 and the r ...

, a British Army base in Essex, England * Carver Houses, a public housing development in Manhattan *

Atlas Carver An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a region of Earth. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geographic ...

, a replacement for the South African Air Force's Mirage III, canceled in 1991 * Trekking Carver, a French paraglider design