Carver may refer to:

Places

United States

Carver, Massachusetts Carver is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,645 at the 2020 census. It is named for John Carver, the first governor of the Plymouth Colony. The town features two popular tourist attractions: Edavil ...

, a town *

Carver County, Minnesota Carver County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The county is mostly farmland and wilderness with many unincorporated townships. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,922. Its county seat is Chaska. Carver County is named fo ...

Carver, Minnesota Carver is a small city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States along the banks of the Minnesota River. The city is named after early explorer Jonathan Carver. The downtown area is home to the Carver Historic District, a nationally recognized c ...

, a city * Carver, Oregon, an unincorporated community *

Carver, Richmond, Virginia Carver is a neighborhood near the Virginia Commonwealth University campus in Richmond, Virginia, and straddles alongside the border between Downtown Richmond, Virginia, Downtown Richmond and North Side (Richmond, Virginia), North Side. The neighbo ...

, a neighborhood *

Carver, West Virginia Carver was an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, Fayette County, West Virginia. References

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, an unincorporated community * Carver Glacier, Oregon *

Carver Lake (Washington County, Minnesota) Carver Lake is a lake in Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey and Washington County, Minnesota, Washington counties, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Carver Lake was named for a pioneer who settled there. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota Referen ...

* Carver Lake, Oregon, northeast of Prouty Glacier *

Carver Creek (disambiguation) Carver Creek, Carver's Creek or Carvers Creek may refer to: *Carver Creek (Minnesota), a stream in Minnesota *Carver Creek (Missouri), a stream in Missouri *Carver's Creek Methodist Church Carver's Creek Methodist Church, also known as Carver's ...

Carver Branch Carver Branch (also known as Carver Creek) is a stream in Newton County Newton County is the name of six counties in the United States. All except for Arkansas (and perhaps Mississippi) are named for Sgt. John Newton, a soldier of the American Rev ...

, a stream in Missouri

Elsewhere

Carver Lake (Ontario) Carver Lake is the name of: * Carver Lake (Washington County, Minnesota), United States * Carver Lake, Oregon, northeast of Prouty Glacier Prouty Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The glacier is situated in the Cascade Range at an ...

, Canada - see List of lakes of Ontario: C *

Carver (crater) Carver is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, due east of the walled plain Van der Waals (crater), Van der Waals. To the northeast is the crater Rosseland (crater), Rosseland, and to the south-southea ...

, on the Moon

Arts and entertainment

* ''Carver'' (film), a 2008 horror film directed by Franklin Guerrero, Jr. * ''Carver'' (novel), the fifth novel of the ''Samuel Carver'' series by Tom Cain * ''Carver'' (play), a radio drama by the Scottish composer and writer John Purser * Carver (Nip/Tuck), a serial rapist/killer in the TV series ''Nip/Tuck'' * '' Carver: A Life in Poems'', a 1987 poetry collection by Marilyn Nelson

Businesses

Carver Federal Savings Bank Carver Federal Savings Bank, opened under the leadership of M. Moran Weston in 1948, is the "largest black-owned financial institution" in the United States. Carver Bancorp, Inc. is its holding company. The bank has been designated by the U. ...

, the largest black-owned financial institution in the United States * Carver Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Carver Federal Savings Bank * Carver State Bank, established in 1927, based and operating in Georgia * Carver Savings and Loan Association, the first African-American financial institution in Omaha, Nebraska * Carver Yachts, a powerboat company in Pulaski, Wisconsin *

Bob Carver Robert W. (Bob) Carver is an American designer of audio equipment based in the Pacific Northwest. Educated as a physicist and engineer, he found an interest in audio equipment at a young age. He applied his talent to produce numerous innovative ...

LLC, formerly the Carver Corporation, a manufacturer of audio equipment * The Hotel Carver, a former hotel, the first African American-owned hotel in Pasadena, California * Carver Theater (disambiguation) *

Carver (automotive company) Carver Europe B.V. is a Dutch company that develops and manufactures three-wheeled electric enclosed Tilting three-wheeler, man-wide vehicles. The company's core technology is the Dynamic Vehicle Control (DVC) system, which enables narrow vehicles ...

, a Dutch manufacturer of tilting three-wheeled vehicles

American schools

* Carver College, a private Bible college in Atlanta, Georgia * Carver Junior College, Cocoa, Florida, closed in 1963 *

Carver High School (disambiguation) "Carver High School" or "George Washington Carver High School" may refer to one of the following public secondary schools in the United States: Alabama * George Washington Carver High School (Birmingham, Alabama) *George Washington Carver High Sc ...

Carver Center for Arts and Technology George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, also known just as the Carver Center is a Baltimore County-wide public magnet high school originally established in 1992 as one of three geographically spread technology high schools, (othe ...

, a public high school in Towson, Maryland * Carver Military Academy, Chicago, Illinois, a public military high school *

Carver Middle School (disambiguation) Carver Middle School might refer to one of several schools: * G.W. Carver Middle School (Miami, Florida) * G.W. Carver Middle School (Richmond, Virginia) * G.W. Carver Middle School (Tulsa, Oklahoma) * Carver Elementary School (Martinsville, Virgini ...

* Carver Academy, a public charter school in San Antonio, Texas *

Carver Elementary School (disambiguation) There are a number of elementary schools named Carver Elementary School: * Carver Elementary School (San Marino, California) * Carver Elementary School (Santa Ana, California) * Carver Elementary School (Royal Oak Charter Township, Michigan), li ...

People

* Carver (surname) * Carver

Dana Andrews Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American film actor who became a major star in what is now known as film noir. A leading man during the 1940s, he continued acting in less prestigious roles and character parts ...

(1909-1992), American actor *

Carver Mead Carver Andress Mead (born May 1, 1934) is an American scientist and engineer. He currently holds the position of Gordon and Betty Moore Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), ...

(born 1934), American computer scientist *

Carver Shannon Carver Beauregard Shannon (born April 28, 1938) was an American and Canadian football player who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He won the Grey Cup with Winnipeg in 1959 and 1961. He played college football in Car ...

(born 1938), American National Football League and Canadian Football League former player

Other uses

Carver chair Carver may refer to: Places United States * Carver, Massachusetts, a town * Carver County, Minnesota ** Carver, Minnesota, a city * Carver, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Carver, Richmond, Virginia, a neighborhood * Carver, West Virginia, ...

CARVER matrix The CARVER matrix was developed by the United States Army Special Forces during the Vietnam War. CARVER is an acronym that stands for Criticality, Accessibility, Recuperability, Vulnerability, Effect and Recognizability and is a system to identif ...

, a target prioritization method *

Carver Hall Carver Hall is an academic building completed in 1969 at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa to accommodate rapid increases in enrollment. It is named for George Washington Carver, who earned his bachelor's degree from Iowa State University in ...

, an Iowa State University academic building * Carver Memorial Library, the public library of Searsport, Maine *

Carver Arena Peoria Civic Center is an entertainment complex located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. Designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Philip Johnson and John Burgee, it has an arena, theater, exhibit hall and meeting rooms. It opened in 1982 and ...

, a sports facility in Peoria, Illinois *

Carver Barracks Carver Barracks is a British Army base on the former site of RAF Debden, approximately 1 mile north of the village of Debden, in Essex. The nearest town is Saffron Walden. History The airfield was built in 1935–37 and the runways laid in 1940 ...

, a British Army base in Essex, England * Carver Houses, a public housing development in Manhattan *

Atlas Carver An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a region of Earth. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geogra ...

, a replacement for the South African Air Force's Mirage III, canceled in 1991 *

Trekking Carver The Trekking Carver is a French single-place paraglider that was designed and produced by Trekking Parapentes of Lambesc. Introduced in 2003, it is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation ...

, a French paraglider design