Carson may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Carson (surname) The surname Carson has several possible origins, primarily linked to Scottish Gaelic, Scottish and Irish language, Irish roots. The surname Carson is believed to have originated in southwestern Scotland, particularly in the Galloway region. It is t ...

, a list people and fictional characters with the surname * Carson (given name), a list of people with the given name

Places

United States

Carson, California Carson is a city in the South Bay (Los Angeles County), South Bay and the Los Angeles Harbor Region, Harbor regions of Los Angeles County, California, located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately away from Los Angeles International ...

, a city *

Carson Township, Fayette County, Illinois Carson Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 108 and it contained 58 housing units. This township was formed from Bowling Green Township. Geography According to the 2 ...

* Carson, Iowa, a city * Carson, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Carson City, Michigan * Carson Township, Minnesota * Carson, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Carson, Missouri, a ghost town *

Carson City, Nevada Carson City, officially the Carson City Consolidated Municipality, is an Independent city (United States), independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 58,63 ...

* Carson, New Mexico, an unincorporated community * Carson, North Dakota, a city * Carson, Oregon, an unincorporated community *

Carson County, Texas Carson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,807. The county seat is Panhandle. The county was founded in 1876 and later organized in 1888. It is named for Samuel Price Carson, the ...

* Carson, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Carson, Washington, an unincorporated community *

Carson, Wisconsin Carson is a town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,299 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Mill Creek Community and Rocky Run are located in the town. The town was most likely named for Samuel Ca ...

, a town *

Fort Carson Fort Carson is a United States Army post located directly south of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, El Paso, Pueblo County, Colorado, Pueblo, Fremont County, Colorado, Fremont, and Huerfano County, Colorado, Huerfano counties, Color ...

, Colorado, a United States Army post * Carson Beach, South Boston, Massachusetts, a public beach * Carson Desert, Nevada *

Carson National Forest Carson National Forest is a United States National Forest, national forest in northern New Mexico, United States. It encompasses 6,070 square kilometers (1.5 million acres) and is administered by the United States Forest Service. The Forest Serv ...

, New Mexico *

Carson Park (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) Carson Park is a historic park located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It is located on a peninsula created on an oxbow lake, oxbow lake, Half Moon Lake, which was part of the former course of the Chippewa River (Wisconsin), Chippewa River. The park ...

Carson Pass Carson Pass is a mountain pass on the crest of the central Sierra Nevada, in the Eldorado National Forest and Alpine County, eastern California. The pass is traversed by California State Route 88. It lies on the Great Basin Divide, with the W ...

, through the Sierra Nevada in California *

Carson Range The Carson Range is a spur of the Sierra Nevada in eastern California and western Nevada that starts at Carson Pass and stretches north to the Truckee River near Verdi, Nevada. Geography The mountain range is about 50 miles (80 km) long a ...

, a mountain range in California and Nevada *

Carson River The Carson River is a northwestern Nevada river that empties into the Carson Sink, an endorheic basin. The main stem of the river is long although the addition of the East Fork makes the total length , traversing five counties: Alpine Count ...

, in California and Nevada *

Carson Sink Carson Sink is a playa in the northeastern portion of the Carson Desert in present-day Nevada, United States of America, that was formerly the terminus of the Carson River. Today the sink is fed by drainage canals of the Truckee-Carson Irriga ...

, a large playa in Nevada *

Carson Valley, Pennsylvania Carson Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), M ...

, an unincorporated community *Carson, the name of someone in British Columbia

Elsewhere

Carson Lake (disambiguation) Carson Lake may refer to one of several lakes: In Canada: *Carson Lake in Manitoba in Riding Mountain National Park, NTS map sheet 62J12 *One of two lakes of that name in York County, New Brunswick, one on NTS map sheet 21J15, the other on NTS map ...

, various lakes in the United States and Canada *

Carson River (Western Australia) The Carson River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Geography The headwaters of the river rise at the base of the Foster Range near the southwestern edge of the Drysdale River National Park. The river flows in a norther ...

, Australia *Mount Carson, a subpeak of

Pavilion Mountain Pavilion Mountain is the highest summit of the southern Marble Range in the South Cariboo region of southwestern British Columbia. "Mount Carson", a subsidiary peak, was misapplied to the whole mountain 1957–1965, before the well-established l ...

, British Columbia, Canada * Mount Carson (Antarctica), in the Southern Cross Mountains, Antarctica * 6572 Carson, an asteroid

Businesses

Carson's Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (also known as Carson's) is an American department store that was founded in 1854, which grew to over 50 locations, primarily in the Midwestern United States. It was sold to the holding company of Bon-Ton in 2006, but st ...

, an American retailer *

Carson Helicopters Carson Helicopters, Inc is a helicopter-operating company based in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, United States. Carson operates a fleet of Sikorsky S-61 helicopters in Aerial crane, aerial lift services and aerial firefighting. Carson developed the "C ...

, an American heavy lift helicopter company *

Carson Productions Carson Entertainment Group (formerly Carson Productions and Carson Productions Group) is a television production company established by Johnny Carson in 1980. The company primarily produced ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' from 1980 to ...

, a television production company established by Johnny Carson

Schools

* Carson College of Business, the business school of Washington State University in Pullman, Washington * Carson High School (disambiguation) * Carson College for Orphan Girls, Flourtown, Pennsylvania, now coeducational and named Carson Valley Children's Aid * Carson Middle School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * Carson Elementary School (disambiguation)

Transportation

* Carson (Los Angeles Metro station) * Carson (LYNX station), Charlotte, North Carolina

Other uses

* Carson (band), a 1970s Australian blues rock and boogie rock band *'' Carson?'', a record by the Gaelic punk group Oi Polloi * Carson top, an after-market car-top