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 (Mayflower passenger), John Carver, the first governor of the Plymouth Colony. The town features two po ...

, a town *

Carver County, Minnesota Carver County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,922. Its county seat is Chaska. Carver County is named for explorer Jonathan Carver, who in 1766–67, traveled from Boston to the Minn ...

Carver, Minnesota Carver is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. Located along the Minnesota River, the population was 3,724 at the 2010 census. The city is named after early explorer Jonathan Carver. Geography According to the United States Cen ...

, a city * Carver, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Carver, Richmond, Virginia, a neighborhood * Carver, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Carver Glacier, Oregon * Carver Lake (Washington County, Minnesota) * 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 elevation generally between . Prouty Glacier is on the northeast slopes of South Sister, a dormant stratovolcano. Beyond the current range ...

* Carver Creek (disambiguation) *

Carver Branch Carver Branch (also known as Carver Creek) is a stream in Newton County in the U.S. state of Missouri. Carver Branch has the name of the local Carver family. See also *List of rivers of Missouri List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. state). By ...

, a stream in Missouri

Elsewhere

* Carver Lake (Ontario), Canada - see List of lakes of Ontario: C * Carver (crater), 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, 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 The Hotel Carver is a three-story Victorian Building with full basement at 107 S. Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, California. It was built in the late 1880s as part of the Doty Block in the Old Pasadena district. According to sources at the Pasa ...

, a former hotel, the first African American-owned hotel in Pasadena, California * Carver Theater (disambiguation) * Carver (automotive company), 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 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, (ot ...

, a public high school in Towson, Maryland * Carver Military Academy, Chicago, Illinois, a public military high school * Carver Middle School (disambiguation) * Carver Academy, a public charter school in San Antonio, Texas * Carver Elementary School (disambiguation)

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 and later in Western films. A leading man during the 1940s, he continued acting in less prestigio ...

(1909-1992), American actor *

Carver Mead Carver Andress Mead (born 1 May 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 (born 1938), American National Football League and Canadian Football League former player

Other uses

* Carver chair *

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 identi ...

, a target prioritization method * Carver Hall, 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 c ...

, 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. It is occupied by explosive ordnance disposal & search regiments of the ...

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

Atlas Carver The Atlas Carver (sometimes erroneously referred to as "CAVA") was a proposed South African twin-engine, delta wing fourth-generation fighter aircraft. In development during the 1980s and early 1990s, the Carver was ultimately cancelled during ...

, a replacement for the South African Air Force's Mirage III, canceled in 1991 * Trekking Carver, a French paraglider design