Dobson, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 1457
Housing Units (2000): 594
Land area (2000): 1.790420 sq. miles (4.637166 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.790420 sq. miles (4.637166 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17340
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 36.391698 N, 80.721126 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 27017
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Dobson, NC Dobson

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Dobson \Dob"son\, n. (Zool.) The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

dobson

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Dobson \Dob"son\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)