Dawson

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Dawson

Total population

102

Median home value

$92,500

9.9%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$65,313

Dawson$65k

National$74k

Weather82°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates41.84°, -94.22°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Dawson, IA from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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V. T. Hamlin

American cartoonist (1900-1993)

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Ken Jay

American drummer

C

Cassie Hager

American basketball player

D

Dan Grimm

former American football offensive linesman (1941-2018)

George Tomer

former American Baseball player (1895-1984)

R

Roy Halling

American mycologist

A

Alan Shirley

American politician

George W. Clarke

American politician, Washington state (1906-2006)

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Daniel Ross

marine surveyor (1780-1849)

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Ralph M. Pearson

American artist and educator (1883-1958)

B

Barbara Valent

biochemistry researcher

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Eglon Daley

artist

J

Janet Dorman Forbes

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1971

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Dj Mark Da Spot

Mark Stennett

Sam Brinton

American nuclear waste disposal expert

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Frank C. Ashford

artist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Dawson

Iowa history and culture

Patricia Dawson · 1989

State University of Iowa

Sasaki, Dawson, DeMay Associates · 1965

State University of Iowa campus plan progress report no. 4

Sasaki, Dawson, DeMay Associates · 1966

The history of the First National Bank in the United States

Albert F. Dawson · 1913

The history, ancestry, and descendants of Davis Billings (1826-1888) and his wife Adelia Caroline Nichols (1830-1904) of Rush, Monroe County, New York, Brighton, Washington County, Iowa, Lamar, Barton County, Missouri

Wayne E. Dawson · 1996

Iowa head and neck protocols

Michael P. Karnell · 2000

Dawsons (Thomas, John W., Cyrus P.), Baumbarger (Johann Ulrich)

Lela Lillian Lones · 1995

Reformed alphabet and orthography. Memorial of N. E. Dawson, of Burlington, Iowa, setting forth the plan of a reformed alphabet and orthography, and suggesting measures to extend a knowledge of it over the nation

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor · 1878

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