Dawson (surname)
Dawson is a Scottish surname.Dawson irishsurnames.com Notable persons with the
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* Dawson (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
Places
Antarctica
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Dawson Head
Dawson Head () is a high coastal point, or headland, along the northwest side of Lehrke Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarc ...
, Palmer Land
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Dawson Nunatak
Athos Range () is the northernmost range in the Prince Charles Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. The range consists of many individual mountains and nunataks that trend east–west for along the north side of Scylla Glacier.
These mo ...
, Mac. Robertson Land
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Dawson Peak
Dawson Peak () is a prominent ice-free peak, high, southwest of Mount Picciotto in the Queen Elizabeth Range. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after John A. Dawson, a United States Antarctic Research Program aurora s ...
, Ross Dependency
Australia
* Division of Dawson, 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, ...
Dawson, South Australia
Dawson is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the District Council of Peterborough. It covers the entirety of the cadastral Hundred of Coglin, with the exception of the small town of Oodla Wirra.
Boundarie ...
, a locality and former town northeast of Peterborough
Dawson Range (Yukon) Dawson Range may refer to:
*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 C ...
, 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, a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada
* Dawson Range (British Columbia)
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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 ...
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)
Dawson Trail (french: Chemin-Dawson) is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 2008, out of parts of Morris and La Verendrye.
Communities in the riding include Ste. Anne, Îl ...
, Manitoba
Chile
* Dawson Island, 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 ...
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.
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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 ...
, an unincorporated community
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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 ...
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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 ...
Dawson, North Dakota
Dawson is a city in Kidder County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 74 at the 2020 census.
History
Dawson was laid out in 1882 by J. Dawson Thompson, and named for him. A post office has been in operation at Dawson since 1881.
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Dawson, Ohio Dawson is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
A post office was established at Dawson in 1883, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1928. A station on the New York Central Railroad
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, an unincorporated community
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Dawson, Oregon
Dawson is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon, United States. Dawson lies about 6 miles west of 99W on Dawson Road west of Bellfountain, northwest of Alpine
Alpine may refer to any mountainous region. It may also refer to:
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, 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 ...
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Dawson Historic District
Dawson Historic District is a national historic district located at Dawson, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 107 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Dawson. The oldes ...
, 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 ...
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, ...
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
Dawson is a neighborhood in South Austin, Texas bordered by Oltorf Road on the north, Ben White/ 290 on the south, South 1st Street on the west, and Congress Avenue on the east. Demographics
According to data from the United States Census Bureau, t ...
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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
Dawson is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographe ...
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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 ...
* Dawson (crater), 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
Dawson is a closed station located in the locality of Dawson on the Maffra railway line in Victoria, Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of t ...
, a closed station in Victoria
Canada
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Dawson Bridge
The Dawson Bridge is a two lane bridge that spans the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
In early 2010, it underwent repairs, and later reopened on December 20, 2010.
Dawson Bridge connects the communities of Forest Heights o ...
, 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 e ...
, Dawson County, Montana, USA
* 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
The Dawson Brothers Plant is a historic factory building located at 517-519 N. Halsted Street in the West Town community area of Chicago, Illinois. The factory was built in 1888 and designed by Julius Zittel; the five-story brick building has a ca ...
, 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 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
* Dawson City Nuggets, a hockey team from Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
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Dawson Creek Kodiaks
The Dawson Creek Kodiaks were a Junior ice hockey team from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada. They are former members of the Peace-Cariboo Junior Hockey League.
History
The Dawson Creek Canucks were members of the Peace Junior B Hockey Lea ...
, a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
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Dawson Creek Rage
The Dawson Creek Rage (aka DC Rage) were a Tier II Junior A ice hockey team, based out of Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Formed in 2010, they played in the North American Hockey League's West Division for two seasons. Their 2010–11 season inc ...
, an ice hockey team based out of Dawson Creek, British Columbia
Other uses
* Dawson baronets, 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
* Dawson function, 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 Farm
Dawson Farm, also known as "Rocky Glen," is a historic property with two homes located at Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. The property contains two dwellings: the 1874, -story, frame Dawson Farmhouse and a large -story hip-roofed frame ...
, a historic property located at Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland
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Dawson murder case
The Dawson family, a family of seven (parents Carnell and Angela, and five children), were all murdered in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., on October 16, 2002. After Angela had repeatedly alerted police to drug dealing, assault, and other crimes in her ...
, parents and five children were murdered in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2002
* Dawson massacre or expedition, an 1842 clash between Mexico and the Republic of Texas
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Dawson's (disambiguation)
Dawson's may refer to:
* Dawson's Cove, a settlement on Connaigre Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
* Dawson's integral or function, a mathematical function used in computer calculation to avoid arithmetic overflow
See also
* Dawson's 19th Arkansas I ...