Dawson, Maryland

Dawson is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 103.

Dawson is on U.S. Route 220, 3 mi northeast of Keyser, West Virginia, and 17 mi southwest of Cumberland. It is situated along the northwest bank of the North Branch Potomac River, which forms the Maryland–West Virginia border.