Dawson may refer to:

• Dawson (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
• Dawson (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name

• Dawson Head, Palmer Land
• Dawson Nunatak, Mac. Robertson Land
• Dawson Peak, Ross Dependency

• Division of Dawson, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland
• Dawson River (New South Wales)
• Dawson River (Queensland), a river in eastern Queensland, Australia
• Dawson, South Australia, a locality and former town northeast of Peterborough

• Dawson City, Yukon
• Dawson (electoral district), Yukon Territory
• Dawson Range (Yukon), in the Yukon Ranges
• Dawson Creek, a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada
• Dawson Range (British Columbia)
• Dawson Falls, British Columbia
• Dawson, Ontario, a township
• Dawson Township, Manitoulin District, Ontario

• Dawson, Alabama, a small community
• Dawson, Georgia, a city
• Dawson, Illinois, a village
• Dawson, Iowa, a city
• Dawson Springs, Kentucky, formerly known as "Dawson City"
• Dawson, Maryland, an unincorporated community
• Dawson, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Dawson, Minnesota, a city
• Dawson, Nebraska, a village
• Dawson, New Mexico, a ghost town
• Dawson, North Dakota
• Dawson, Ohio, an unincorporated community
• Dawson, Oregon, an unincorporated community
• Dawson, Pennsylvania, a borough
• Dawson Historic District, a national historic district located at Dawson, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
• Dawson, Texas, a town
• Dawson County, Georgia
  • Dawson Forest, a public-use forest located in Dawson County, Georgia
• Dawson County, Montana
• Dawson County, Nebraska
• Dawson County, Texas
• Dawson, Austin, Texas, a neighborhood
• Camp Dawson (New Jersey), a small recreational area
• Dawson, West Virginia
• Camp Dawson (West Virginia), an Army National Guard facility
• Dawson Peak, a mountain in Angeles National Forest, California
• Dawson Township (disambiguation), two townships in the United States

• Dawson Island, in the Strait of Magellan, Chile
• Te Rere o Kapuni, also known as Dawson Falls, New Zealand
• Dawson, Singapore, a public housing estate in Queenstown, Singapore
• Dawson (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon

• Dawson Highway, Queensland, Australia
• Dawson railway station, a closed station in Victoria, Australia
• Dawson Bridge, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Old Dawson Trail, a 19th century route between Thunder Bay, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Dawson Street, Dublin, Ireland
• Dawson Community Airport, Dawson County, Montana, United States
• USS Dawson (APA-79), a US Navy World War II attack transport

• Dawson College, Quebec, Canada
• Dawson Community College, Glendive, Montana
• Dawson School, an historic school building located in Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Dawson Bank Museum, museum and historic building in Dawson, Minnesota
• Dawson Brothers Plant, a historic factory building
• Dawson Building, a historic building at 1851 Purchase Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Dawson Farm, a historic property located at Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland
• Dawson Tower, located on Kadugannawa in the Kadugannawa Pass

• Dawson City Nuggets, a hockey team from Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
• Dawson Creek Kodiaks, a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
• Dawson Creek Rage, an ice hockey team based out of Dawson Creek, British Columbia

• Dawson baronets, two titles in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
• Dawson Car Company, an American car manufacturer from 1919 to 1921
• Dawson v. Delaware, a United States Supreme Court decision about a person's rights of association and due process

• Dawson function, a mathematical function
• Dawson murder case, parents and five children were murdered in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2002
• Dawson Massacre or Expedition, an 1842 clash between Mexico and the Republic of Texas
• Dawson's (disambiguation)