Dawson
Encyclopedia
People
- Dawson (surname)Dawson (surname)Dawson is an English and Irish surname. Notable persons with that surname include:*Alan Dawson, American jazz drummer*Anderson Dawson, Australian politician*Andre Dawson, former MLB player*Andy Dawson, English football player...
Roger Dawson, author of Secrets of Power Negotiating
Fictional characters
- Dawson, in Thomas the Tank Engine and FriendsThomas the Tank Engine and FriendsThomas and Friends is a British children's television series, first broadcast on the ITV network in September 1984. Until 2003, it was named Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. This series was shot on 35mm film...
- Dawson LeeryDawson LeeryDawson Wade Leery is the central fictional character and the main protagonist of the American television drama Dawson's Creek. The character is portrayed by American actor James Van Der Beek.-Biography:...
, on the TV show Dawson's Creek - Frank Dawson, character on the 1959-1960 syndicated TV series This Man DawsonThis Man DawsonThis Man Dawson is a syndicated drama television series starring Keith Andes as a former United States Marine Corps colonel hired to clean up police corruption in an undisclosed American city. The thirty-three episodes, in which Andes portrayed Chief Frank Dawson, aired during the 1959-1960...
starring Keith Andes
Places
Australia- Division of DawsonDivision of DawsonThe Division of Dawson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Anderson Dawson, the first Labor Premier of Queensland and leader of the first parliamentary socialist government anywhere in the world...
, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland
Canada
- Dawson City, YukonDawson City, YukonThe Town of the City of Dawson or Dawson City is a town in the Yukon, Canada.The population was 1,327 at the 2006 census. The area draws some 60,000 visitors each year...
- Dawson Creek, British ColumbiaDawson Creek, British ColumbiaDawson Creek is a small city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The municipality of had a population of 11,529 in 2009. Dawson Creek derives its name from the creek of the same name that runs through the community. The creek was named after George Mercer Dawson by a member of his land...
- Dawson Township, Ontario (disambiguation)
Chile
- Dawson IslandDawson IslandDawson Island is an island in the Strait of Magellan that forms part of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, 100 km south of the city of Punta Arenas in Chile, and part of the Municipality of Punta Arenas. It is located southeast of Brunswick Peninsula and is an approximately 1290 km² tract...
United States
- Dawson, AlabamaDawson, AlabamaDawson is a small community located in DeKalb County, Alabama, northeast of the town of Crossville, Alabama. Dawson is located on top of Sand Mountain....
- Dawson, Georgia
- Dawson, IllinoisDawson, IllinoisDawson is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 466 at the 2000 census. It is about 10 miles east of Springfield, Illinois and is part of the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
- Dawson, IowaDawson, IowaDawson is a city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 155 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Dawson is located at ....
- Dawson, MarylandDawson, MarylandDawson is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States....
- Dawson, MinnesotaDawson, MinnesotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 1,539 people, 677 households, and 398 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,043.4 people per square mile . There were 756 housing units at an average density of 512.6 per square mile...
- Dawson, NebraskaDawson, NebraskaDawson is a village in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 209 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dawson is located at ....
- Dawson, New MexicoDawson, New MexicoDawson is a ghost town in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States and was the site of two separate coal mining disasters in 1913 and 1923. Dawson is located about 17 miles northeast of Cimarron, New Mexico. Dawson was a coal mining company town founded in 1901 when rancher John Barkley Dawson...
(ghost town) - Dawson, North DakotaDawson, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 75 people, 38 households, and 16 families residing in the city. The population density was 186.9 people per square mile . There were 52 housing units at an average density of 129.6 per square mile...
- Dawson, PennsylvaniaDawson, PennsylvaniaDawson is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 451 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dawson is located at ....
- Dawson, TexasDawson, TexasDawson is a town in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 852 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dawson is located at ....
- Dawson County, MontanaDawson County, Montana-Economy:Dawson County is known for its dryland grain, coal mines and gas and oil wells. There are 522 current farms and ranches, and 296 commercial businesses.-Demographics:...
- Dawson Community AirportDawson Community AirportDawson Community Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Glendive, a city in Dawson County, Montana, United States. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which...
- Dawson Community CollegeDawson Community CollegeDawson Community College is a community college with approximately 400 full-time students, located in Glendive, Montana. DCC offers students one-year certificate programs or two-year associate's degree programs...
, Glendive, Montana
- Dawson Community Airport
- Dawson County, NebraskaDawson County, NebraskaDawson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of 2010, the population was 24,326. Its county seat is Lexington.Dawson County is part of the Lexington, Nebraska, Micropolitan Statistical Area....
The Moon
- Dawson (crater)Dawson (crater)Dawson is a lunar impact crater that lies on the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies across a crater triplet: the southeast rim is intruding into the crater Alekhin; the northwest rim also intrudes into the larger satellite crater Dawson V, and the northeast rim is attached to...
, a lunar crater
Other uses
- Dawson CollegeDawson CollegeDawson College was the first English CEGEP and is located in Westmount, just west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dawson College is located near the heart of downtown Montreal in a former nunnery on 4.85 hectares of green space...
, Quebec, Canada - Dawson Car CompanyDawson Car CompanyDawson Car Company was created in June 1918 by AJ Dawson, previously works manager at Hillman and designer of the 1913 Hillman Nine car and launched in 1919....
- Dawson Danger
- Sir John William Dawson MedalSir John William Dawson MedalThe Sir John William Dawson Medal is an award of the Royal Society of Canada, established in 1985 and named after the society's first president: John William Dawson...
- Monk DawsonMonk DawsonMonk Dawson is a film that was released in 1998, directed and produced by Tom Waller and starring John Michie, Benedict Taylor, Rhona Mitra and Paula Hamilton...
, a film - Monk Dawson (novel)Monk Dawson (novel)Monk Dawson, is a novel by English author Piers Paul Read, published in 1969 by Secker and Warburg in the UK and in 1970 by Lippincott in the US, the year it won both the Somerset Maugham Award and Hawthornden Prize. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1998...
- Dawson's CreekDawson's CreekDawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons...
, a TV show - Dawson's Field hijackingsDawson's Field hijackingsIn the Dawson's Field hijackings five jet aircraft bound for New York City were hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine...
- Dawson function