Dawson

Dawson may refer to:

People

• Dawson (surname)
• Dawson Dawson-Watson (1864-1939), British-born Impressionist painter
• Dawson Mathis (born 1940), former U.S. Representative from Georgia
• Dawson McAllister (born 1946), American speaker, radio host, and author
• Dawson Trotman (1906–1956), evangelist, crusader and founder of the Christian organization The Navigators
• Dawson Turner (1775-1858), English banker, botanist and antiquary
• Dawson Turner (rugby union) (1846-1909), English rugby union player, grandson of the above Dawson Turner

Fictional characters

• Dawson, in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Dawson Leery, on the TV show Dawson's Creek
• Frank Dawson, on the 1959-1960 syndicated TV series This Man Dawson, starring Keith Andes
• Eddie Dawson, of Monk Dawson (novel) and the film adaptation Monk Dawson

Places

Australia

• Division of Dawson, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland
• Dawson River (New South Wales)
• Dawson River (Queensland)
• Dawson River (Tasmania)

Canada

• Dawson City, Yukon
• Dawson (electoral district), Yukon Territory
• Dawson Range (Yukon)
• Dawson Range (British Columbia)
• Dawson Falls, British Columbia
• Dawson Township, Ontario (disambiguation)
• Dawson Bridge, Edmonton, Alberta

Chile

• Dawson Island

United States

• Dawson, Alabama, a small community
• Dawson, Georgia, a city
• Dawson, Illinois, a village
• Dawson, Iowa, a city
• Dawson, Maryland, an unincorporated community
• Dawson, Minnesota, a city
• Dawson, Nebraska, a village
• Dawson, New Mexico, a ghost town
• Dawson, North Dakota
• Dawson, Oregon, an unincorporated community
• Dawson, Pennsylvania, a borough
• Dawson, Texas, a town
• Dawson County, Georgia
  • Dawson Forest
• Dawson County, Montana
• Dawson County, Nebraska
• Dawson County, Texas
• Dawson, Austin, Texas, a neighborhood
• Camp Dawson (New Jersey), a small recreational area
• Camp Dawson (West Virginia), an Army National Guard facility

The Moon

• Dawson (crater)

Other uses

• Dawson Baronets, two baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
• USS Dawson (APA-79), a US Navy World War II attack transport
• Dawson College, Quebec, Canada
• Dawson Community College, Glendive, Montana
• Dawson Community Airport, Dawson County, Montana
• Dawson railway station, a closed station in Victoria, Australia
• Dawson Highway, Queensland, Australia
• Dawson Street, Dublin, Ireland
• Dawson Car Company
• Dawson function

See also

• Dawson Massacre or Expedition, an 1842 clash between Mexico and the Republic of Texas
• Dawson's (disambiguation)