Dawson

Dawson County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,456. The county seat is . The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1905.
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  • Type: County with 12,500 residents
  • Description: county in Texas, United States
  • Also known as: Dawson County”, “Dawson County, Texas”, and “Dawson County, TX

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lamesa.

is a city in the region of . It is heavy on the agriculture sector and gives off an authentic feel of provincial Texan life.

Dawson

Latitude
32.7411° or 32° 44′ 28″ north
Longitude
-101.9576° or 101° 57′ 27″ west
Population
12,500
Elevation
2,992 feet (912 metres)
Open location code
854WP2RR+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316998271
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5519946
Wiki­data ID
Q110670
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Dawson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Dawson County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة دوسون
  • Arabic: مقاطعه دوسون، تكساس
  • Armenian: Դոուսոն շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Dawson
  • Basque: Dawson konderria
  • Bavarian: Dawson County, Texas
  • Bavarian: Dawson County
  • Belarusian: Досан (акруга, Тэхас)
  • Belarusian: Досан
  • Bishnupriya: ডাৱসন কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস
  • Bishnupriya: ডাৱসন কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Досън
  • Catalan: comtat de Dawson
  • Cebuano: Dawson County
  • Chinese: Dawson Kūn
  • Chinese: 道森县
  • Chinese: 道生縣
  • Chinese: 道生郡
  • Czech: Dawson County
  • Dutch: Dawson County
  • Esperanto: Dawson County
  • Esperanto: kantono Dawson
  • Esperanto: Kantono Dawson
  • Estonian: Dawsoni maakond
  • Finnish: Dawsonin piirikunta
  • French: comté de Dawson
  • French: Comté de Dawson
  • French: Dawson County
  • Ganda: Dawson County,Texas
  • Georgian: დაუსონის ოლქი
  • Georgian: დოსონის ოლქი
  • German: Dawson County
  • Gilaki: داوسون ٚ شأرستان
  • Greek: Κομητεία Ντόσον
  • Hungarian: Dawson megye
  • Indonesian: County Dawson, Texas
  • Indonesian: County Dawson
  • Indonesian: Dawson County
  • Irish: Contae Dawson, Texas
  • Irish: Contae Dawson
  • Italian: contea di Dawson
  • Italian: Contea di Dawson
  • Italian: Dawson County
  • Japanese: ドーソン郡
  • Korean: 도슨군
  • Latin: Dawson Comitatus
  • Low German: Dawson County
  • Mazanderani: داوسون شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Dawson Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Dawson Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dawson County i Texas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dawson County
  • Norwegian: Dawson County
  • Persian: شهرستان داوسن
  • Persian: شهرستان داوسون، تگزاس
  • Persian: شهرستان داوسون
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Dawson
  • Portuguese: condado de Dawson
  • Portuguese: Condado de Dawson
  • Portuguese: Dawson County
  • Romanian: Comitatul Dawson, Texas
  • Romanian: Comitatul Dawson
  • Russian: Досон
  • Sardinian: contea de Dawson
  • Scottish Gaelic: Dawson County
  • Serbian: Округ Досон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dawson County, Texas
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dawson County
  • Slovenian: Dawson County
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Dawson
  • South Azerbaijani: داوسون بؤلگه‌سی، تکزاس
  • Spanish: condado de Dawson
  • Spanish: Condado de Dawson
  • Spanish: Dawson County
  • Swedish: Dawson County, Texas
  • Swedish: Dawson County
  • Tatar: Доусон (округ, Техас)
  • Tatar: Доусон
  • Tumbuka: Dawson County,Texas
  • Turkish: Dawson County, Teksas
  • Turkish: Dawson County, Tex.
  • Turkish: Dawson County, TX
  • Turkish: Dawson County
  • Turkish: Dawson ilçesi, Teksas
  • Turkish: Dawson ilçesi, Tex.
  • Turkish: Dawson ilçesi, TX
  • Turkish: Dawson ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Доусон
  • Urdu: ڈاوسن کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس
  • Urdu: ڈاوسن کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Dawson
  • Vietnamese: Quận Dawson, Texas
  • Vietnamese: Quận Dawson
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Dawson, Texas
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Dawson
  • Welsh: Dawson County, Texas
  • Welsh: Dawson County
  • Western Panjabi: ڈائسن کاؤنٹی

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