Welcome to Crawfordsville ...

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.

Crawfordsville would have been located within present day Crawford County<2>.

The location of Crawfordsville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crawfordsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Crawfordsville is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Crawfordsville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Crawfordsville (for example, toward Oaktown (IN)), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The location where Crawfordsville once stood is in the (618) area code.

Communities Also Named Crawfordsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Crawfordsville - they are located in Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio and Oregon.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Crawfordsville.

Communities near Crawfordsville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Crawfordsville.

• Vincennes
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincennes
  • Vincennes is located in Knox County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,801 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vincennes <5>
• Robinson
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
  • Robinson is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,271 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Robinson <5>
• Lawrenceville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrenceville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
  • Lawrenceville is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,380 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawrenceville <5>
• Sumner
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sumner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
  • Sumner is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,961 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sumner <5>
• Bridgeport
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Bridgeport is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,677 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <5>
• Oblong
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oblong
  • Oblong is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,357 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oblong <5>
• Palestine
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
  • Palestine is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palestine <5>
• Carlisle
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlisle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
  • Carlisle is located in Sullivan County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlisle <5>
• Saint Francisville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Francisville
  • Saint Francisville is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Francisville <5>
• Oaktown
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oaktown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaktown
  • Oaktown is located in Knox County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oaktown <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Crawfordsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crawfordsville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Crawfordsville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crawfordsville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Crawfordsville. See our Newspapers Page for Crawfordsville.

Adding Crawfordsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crawfordsville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Crawfordsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Crawfordsville post office opened in 1871.

We also found Crawfordsville on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1881).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crawfordsville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov