Camp Dawson
Camp Dawson is a West Virginia Army National Guard facility in Preston County, West Virginia. It is one of a handful of dedicated military posts operated by the West Virginia National Guard, houses the West Virginia Army National Guard's officer candidate school.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: Army National Guard facility
- Also known as: “MTA Camp Dawson - Kingwood”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Preston High School.
Preston High School
School
Preston High School is a four-year public high school in Kingwood, West Virginia, United States. It houses nearly 1,200 students from the entirety of Preston County, West Virginia. Preston High School is situated 1¼ miles north of Camp Dawson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Preston and Snider.
Preston
Hamlet
Preston is an unincorporated community and coal town in Preston County, West Virginia, United States.
Snider
Hamlet
Snider is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. Snider is situated 2 miles northwest of Camp Dawson.
Kingwood
Photo: Generic1139, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kingwood is a city in Preston County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 2,980 at the 2020 census. The city sits within the Allegheny Mountains above the Cheat River valley.
Camp Dawson
- Location: Preston, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.44582° or 39° 26′ 45″ northLongitude
-79.67015° or 79° 40′ 13″ westOperator
West Virginia National GuardOpen location code
87F2C8WH+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 522911904OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryWikidata ID
Q5027115
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In Other Languages
“Camp Dawson” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “道森營（西維吉尼亞州）”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dawson Army Airfield and Wilson Cemetery.
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