# Dawson

Dawson may refer to:

## People and fictional characters

* Dawson (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Dawson (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name

## Places
### Antarctica

* Dawson Head, Palmer Land
* Dawson Nunatak, Mac. Robertson Land
* Dawson Peak, Ross Dependency

### Australia

* Division of Dawson, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland
* Dawson River (New South Wales)
* Dawson River (Queensland), a river in eastern Queensland, Australia
* Dawson, South Australia, a locality and former town northeast of Peterborough

### Canada

* Dawson City, Yukon
* Dawson (electoral district), Yukon Territory
* Dawson Range (Yukon), in the Yukon Ranges
* Dawson Creek, a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada
* Dawson Range (British Columbia)
* Dawson Falls, British Columbia
* Dawson, Ontario, a township
* Dawson Township, Manitoulin District, Ontario

### United States

* Dawson, Alabama, a small community
* Dawson, Georgia, a city
* Dawson, Illinois, a village
* Dawson, Iowa, a city
* Dawson Springs, Kentucky, formerly known as "Dawson City"
* Dawson, Maryland, an unincorporated community
* Dawson, Missouri, an unincorporated community
* Dawson, Minnesota, a city
* Dawson, Nebraska, a village
* Dawson, New Mexico, a ghost town
* Dawson, North Dakota
* Dawson, Ohio, an unincorporated community
* Dawson, Oregon, an unincorporated community
* Dawson, Pennsylvania, a borough
* Dawson Historic District, a national historic district located at Dawson, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
* Dawson, Texas, a town
* Dawson County, Georgia
** Dawson Forest, a public-use forest located in Dawson County, Georgia
* Dawson County, Montana
* Dawson County, Nebraska
* Dawson County, Texas
* Dawson, Austin, Texas, a neighborhood
* Camp Dawson (New Jersey), a small recreational area
* Dawson, West Virginia
* Camp Dawson (West Virginia), an Army National Guard facility
* Dawson Peak, a mountain in Angeles National Forest, California
* Dawson Township (disambiguation), two townships in the United States

### Elsewhere

* Dawson Island, in the Strait of Magellan, Chile
* Te Rere o Kapuni, also known as Dawson Falls, New Zealand
* Dawson, Singapore, a public housing estate in Queenstown, Singapore
* Dawson (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon

## Transportation

* Dawson Highway, Queensland, Australia
* Dawson railway station, a closed station in Victoria, Australia
* Dawson Bridge, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
* Old Dawson Trail, a 19th century route between Thunder Bay, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
* Dawson Street, Dublin, Ireland
* Dawson Community Airport, Dawson County, Montana, United States
* USS Dawson (APA-79), a US Navy World War II attack transport

## Education

* Dawson College, Quebec, Canada
* Dawson Community College, Glendive, Montana
* Dawson School, an historic school building located in Tulsa, Oklahoma

## Buildings

* Dawson Bank Museum, museum and historic building in Dawson, Minnesota
* Dawson Brothers Plant, a historic factory building
* Dawson Building, a historic building at 1851 Purchase Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts
* Dawson Farm, a historic property located at Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland
* Dawson Tower, located on Kadugannawa in the Kadugannawa Pass

## Sport

* Dawson City Nuggets, a hockey team from Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
* Dawson Creek Kodiaks, a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
* Dawson Creek Rage, an ice hockey team based out of Dawson Creek, British Columbia

## Other uses

* Dawson baronets, two titles in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
* Dawson Car Company, an American car manufacturer from 1919 to 1921
* Dawson v. Delaware, a United States Supreme Court decision about a person's rights of association and due process