Carson — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A Scottish surname, possibly a form of Curzon.

2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

3. A female given name transferred from the surname.

   Usage

   • Rare

4. A locale in the United States. A city in Los Angeles County, California.

5. A locale in the United States. A city in Iowa.

6. A locale in the United States. A census-designated place in Washington; named for nearby Carson Creek.

7. A locale in the United States. A town in Wisconsin; named for early settler Samuel Carson.

8. A locale in the United States. A city, the county seat of Grant County, North Dakota; named for the two founders, a blend of their surnames: Carter and Pederson.

9. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.

10. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Mississippi.

11. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in New Mexico; named for American frontiersman Kit Carson.

12. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Oregon; named for early settler Tom Corson.

13. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Virginia.

14. A locale in the United States. A ghost town in Missouri; named for local businessman Jack Carson.

15. A desert in the Lahontan Basin of Nevada.

16. A mountain range in eastern California and western Nevada, a spur of the Sierra Nevada.

17. A river in northwestern Nevada; flowing from the confluence of the West Fork Carson and East Fork Carson near Minden into the Carson Sink; named for Kit Carson.

18. A river in northern Western Australia; flowing from the Foster Range at the Drysdale River National Park into the King Edward River near Kalumburu; named for Victoria Squatting Company director David Carson.