Carson, Washington

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Carson is a small unincorporated town in Skamania County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Washington.

Carson had a Population of 2,323 in 2020

Carson is located just north of the Columbia River near the towns of Stevenson, Bingen and White Salmon in Washington and Cascade Locks and Hood River in Oregon and just south of Stabler, Washington. One major point of interest is the St. Martin's hot spring and resort, boasting a geothermal steam bath.

Carson derived its name from a creek of the same name. It is said that the name is a corruption from the name of Katsner. A former name was 'Ash', as Lewis and Clark there found the first ash timber of the West. The place is became famous for the Carson Hot Springs. [Origin of Washington Geographic Names", 1923]