Dawson

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Dawson is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 103.

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, MD from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

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

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

American literary critic, professor and historian (born 1950)

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Don Redman

American musician (1900–1964)

Harley Orrin Staggers

American politician (1907-1991)

Stephen Wheeler Downey

American politician (1839-1902)

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Rachel Cosgrove Payes

American writer (1922-1998)

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D. Lindley Sloan

American lawyer and judge (1874–1962)

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Woodrow Wilson Barr

United States Marine (1918-1942)

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Leslie Thrasher

American illustrator

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John F. Matheus

American writer

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Tonna Lee Pratt

early victim of the COVID-19 pandemic (1950-2020)

Ruth Ann Davis

US educator and academic

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Hugh A. McMullen

American businessman and politician

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

Nearby places in Maryland

• Danville
  2.7 mi away
• Westernport
  5.2 mi away · pop. 1,588
• Moscow
  5.4 mi away
• Nikep
  5.9 mi away
• Midland
  7.8 mi away
• Ocean
  8.6 mi away
• Woodland
  9.1 mi away · pop. 42
• Klondike
  9.3 mi away
• Cresaptown
  10 mi away · pop. 5,121
• Shaft
  10 mi away
• Clarysville
  11.8 mi away · pop. 13
• Potomac Park
  11.9 mi away

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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

Our Women in the War

Francis Warrington Dawson · 1887

Vascular plant species occurring in Maryland wetlands

Frank Wrightson Dawson · 1985

Address of Dawson Lawrence, of Clarksville, Maryland, delivered before the Baltimore County Farmers' Union, at its first annual festival, held near Cockeysville, September 11, 1873

Dawson Lawrence · 1873

Talbot county

Maryland Geological Survey. · 1926

Peregrine falcon restoration in Maryland

Glenn D. Therres · 1993

A Character of the Province of Maryland

John Gilmary Shea · 2015

Double blind

David F. L. Dawson · 1991

Our women in the war

Francis Warrington Dawson · 1887

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

late boneset

Eupatorium serotinum

Seen 2026-09-22

Triangulate Combfoot

Steatoda triangulosa

Seen 2026-09-21

Cape May Warbler

Setophaga tigrina

Seen 2026-09-20

Red-eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

Seen 2026-09-20

Locust Borer

Megacyllene robiniae

Seen 2026-09-19

swamp aster

Symphyotrichum puniceum

Seen 2026-09-19

Northern Walkingstick

Diapheromera femorata

Seen 2026-09-19

Gray Hairstreak

Strymon melinus

Seen 2026-09-17

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Seen 2026-09-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).