Dawson is an

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in eastern Wright County,

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, United States. Dawson is located on

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, approximately nine miles north of Mountain Grove and three miles south of the Route 95 -

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junction. Dawson had a post office which was reported as active from 1910 through 1956. The community had a school (Dawson School) in 1938.

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