Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Crawfordsville came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Crawfordsville 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 Crawfordsville. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Crawfordsville 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 Crawfordsville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)

Published by the Government Printing Office

In this book, Crawfordsville was listed as Crawfordsville Courthouse.<1>

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)

Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

In this book, Crawfordsville was listed as Crawfordsville Courthouse.<1>

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)

Published by John T. Towers

In this book, Crawfordsville was listed as Crawfordsville Courthouse.<1>

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Indiana (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

Railroad Mentions of Crawfordsville:

Crawfordsville was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)