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Carson is a census-designated place in Skamania County, Washington, lying within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area on the north bank of the Columbia River.

Carson's post office has been in operation since 1894, and the community takes its name from nearby Carson Creek.

Carson first appeared as a census-designated place under the name Carson River Valley in the 1990 census; the name was shortened to Carson before the 2010 census.

Carson had 2,323 residents in the 2020 census, up slightly from 2,279 in 2010 and 2,116 in 2000.

According to the Census Bureau's 2023–2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates — a survey estimate rather than a decennial count — Carson had about 1,082 households and a median household income of about $68,929.

Carson is known for its hot springs: the historic Hotel St. Martin stands at Carson Hot Springs, and local hotels and resorts offer geothermal steam baths.

Carson receives roughly 100 inches of precipitation a year in the wet western Columbia River Gorge and sits just south of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, near the Wind River Arboretum in Stabler, the oldest arboretum in the Pacific Northwest.

The Carson CDP covers about 4.7 square miles along Washington State Route 14, between Stevenson to the west and Bingen and White Salmon to the east.