Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Crawford came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Crawford in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Crawford. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Crawford data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Crawford:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Crawford was listed as Crawford Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Crawford was listed as Crawford Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Crawford is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Crawford. See our Misc Page for Crawford for more information.