Dawson

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Dawson

Total population

166

Median home value

$0

7.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$60,913

Dawson$61k

National$74k

Elevation297 m

Land area0.56 km²

Weather71°F · Slight Chance Rain Showers

Coordinates40.13°, -95.83°

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 a village in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 148 at the 2020 census.

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, NE 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

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

Nearby places in Nebraska

• Shubert
  10.6 mi away · pop. 214
• Table Rock
  14 mi away · pop. 255
• Nemaha
  16.5 mi away · pop. 64
• Pawnee City
  17.1 mi away · pop. 801
• Preston
  17.8 mi away · pop. 16
• Steinauer
  21.9 mi away · pop. 73
• Peru
  24.6 mi away · pop. 653
• Julian
  26.9 mi away · pop. 42
• Talmage
  29.5 mi away · pop. 155
• Lewiston
  31.4 mi away · pop. 42
• Virginia
  36.2 mi away · pop. 76
• Sterling
  36.8 mi away · pop. 717

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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

Soil survey of Dawson County, Nebraska

Laurence E. Brown · 1978

Dawson, Outcalt, Barnes and Funke Families of Lincoln, Nebraska

Mark Dawson · 2016

Battle of the bridges

Rex German · 1988

The economic limits of cost of water for irrigation, several ditches in Dawson County, Nebraska

R. P. Teele · 1926

1978 census of agriculture, preliminary report, Dawson County, Nebr

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1980

10th census, 1880, Nebraska

United States. Bureau of the Census

Occurrence of selected organic compounds in groundwater used for public supply in the Plio-Pleistocene deposits in east-central Nebraska and the Dawson and Denver aquifers near Denver, Colorado, 2002-2004

Jeffrey B. Bails · 2009

Occurrence of Selected Organic Compounds in Groundwater Used for Public Supply in the Plio-Pleistocene Deposits in East-Central Nebraska and the Dawson and Denver Aquifers near Denver, Colorado, 2002?2004

U. S. Department U.S. Department of the Interior · 2014

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire B.B, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 225 mi
• Wildfire BISON, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 227 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Red Shiner

Cyprinella lutrensis

Seen 2026-09-12

Pondhorn

Uniomerus tetralasmus

Seen 2026-09-12

Woodhouse's Toad

Anaxyrus woodhousii

Seen 2026-09-12

Common Sanddragon

Progomphus obscurus

Seen 2026-09-12

Three-ridge Mussel

Amblema plicata

Seen 2026-09-12

Yellow Bullhead

Ameiurus natalis

Seen 2026-09-12

Western Milksnake

Lampropeltis gentilis

Seen 2026-08-24

buffalograss

Bouteloua dactyloides

Seen 2026-08-14

prairie cordgrass

Sporobolus michauxianus

Seen 2026-08-14

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