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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Crawfordsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Crawfordsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Crawfordsville, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Crawfordsville (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Crawfordsville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Crawfordsville is historic, it would have been located within present day Crawford County.
To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Crawford County: Clark, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Knox (IN) & Sullivan (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Crawfordsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crawfordsville:
- Crawford County (The home county of Crawfordsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- Oil Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Flat Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Heathsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Villas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Villas is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Duncanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- New Hebron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Gordon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Palestine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hardinville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hardinville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardinville
- Robinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oil Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oil Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Landes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Landes is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landes
- Stoy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- York is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Union is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Melrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Melrose is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Hogue Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Snyder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Snyder is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Oak Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Cumberland County
- Hazel Dell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Edwards County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- Mills Prairie ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mills Prairie is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Prairie
- West Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Salem is located in Edwards County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- Sainte Marie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Willow Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- West Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- West Liberty is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
- Yale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Falmouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Falmouth is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Rose Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Bogota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bogota is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- Birds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Billett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Sumner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Francisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Helena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Petersburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- Amity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amity is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Claremont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dundas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Berryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Berryville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Olney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parkersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wakefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wakefield is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Wabash County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- Orio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Orio is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orio
- Allendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Adams Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Adams Corner is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Lancaster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Patton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Patton is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Davies's County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- Capehart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Plainville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- Hazleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Giro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Giro is located in Gibson County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giro
- Greene County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- White Rose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- White Rose is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Island City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Island City is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Gilmour
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Hoosier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Linton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Knox County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- Busseron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Busseron is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Oaktown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bruceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vincennes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fritchton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Freelandville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Beal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Beal is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beal
- Bicknell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ragsdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Verne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Verne is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Edwardsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Westphalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Monroe City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Pike County (IN)
- Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Pike County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Sullivan County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- Merom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Carlisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Lebanon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Graysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Paxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Sullivan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Fairbanks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Gambill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Scott City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Dugger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shelburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vigo County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- Prairie Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Vigo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crawfordsville, see our County-by-County Page for Crawfordsville.
Cemeteries Near Crawfordsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crawfordsville.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Crawfordsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crawfordsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- Conover Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Nuttle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Otterbein Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Higgins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mickey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Emmons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- Hale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Green Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Crawfordsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crawfordsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crawfordsville, with the one closest to Crawfordsville listed first.
- Birds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pinkstaff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pinkstaff is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkstaff
- Morea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morea is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morea
- Westport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Westport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Heathsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Villas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Villas is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Duncanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- New Hebron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Russellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Richwoods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richwoods is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Lawrenceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Palestine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gordon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Hardinville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hardinville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardinville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crawfordsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crawfordsville.
Newspapers Published in Crawfordsville ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crawfordsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crawfordsville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crawfordsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Crawfordsville:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Cumberland County
- Edwards County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Richland County
- Wabash County
- Davies's County
- Gibson County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Pike County
- Sullivan County
- Vigo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Crawfordsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crawfordsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |