Do you know of Dawson ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Dawson. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Dawson.
We found mention of Dawson as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Communities Also Named Dawson ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Dawson.
There are three communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Dawson.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 26 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- DeKalb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Dawson [DeKalb County].
- Georgia
- Terrell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Dawson [Terrell County].
- Illinois
- Sangamon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Dawson [Sangamon County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Dawson [Dallas County].
- Kentucky
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Dawson.
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Dawson [Allegany County].
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Dawson [Worcester County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Lac qui Parle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Dawson [Lac qui Parle County].
- Missouri
- Nodaway County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Dawson [Nodaway County].
- Wright County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Dawson [Wright County].
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Richardson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Dawson [Richardson County].
- New Mexico
- Colfax County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Dawson [Colfax County].
- North Carolina
- Lenoir County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Dawson [Lenoir County].
- North Dakota
- Kidder County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Dawson [Kidder County].
- Ohio
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dawson [Shelby County].
- Oklahoma
- Tulsa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Dawson [Tulsa County].
- Oregon
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Dawson [Benton County].
- Texas
- Navarro County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dawson [Navarro County].
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Greenbrier County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Dawson [Greenbrier County].
- Yukon
- Please visit our profile page for the Yukon community of Dawson.
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dawson ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Dawson:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Dawson - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Cambria County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Cambria County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Dawson could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |