| Official Name: | Dawn, Missouri |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Missouri#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Dawn |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Livingston |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.39 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.39 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.31 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.31 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 100 |
| Population Density Km2: | 29.51 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 76.45 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 222 |
| Coordinates: | 39.6683°N -93.6353°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 64638 |
| Area Code: | 660 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 29-18496 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 716744 |
Dawn is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Livingston County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 100.[2]
Dawn was platted in 1853.[3] A post office called Dawn has been in operation since 1852.[4]
Dawn is located in southwestern Livingston County on Missouri Supplemental Route C, approximately southwest of Chillicothe, the county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Dawn CDP has an area of 3.4sqkm, all of it recorded as land.[5] The community is on high ground on the east bank of Shoal Creek, a northeast-flowing tributary of the Grand River and part of the Missouri River watershed.