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Welcome to Crawford ...

So far, we found very little information about Crawford. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Crawford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Crawford, please Contact Us.


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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crawford, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Crawford is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

The Area Code where Crawford was located: 931

Communities Also Named Crawford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 42 communities that are also named Crawford - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (2), Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine, Michigan (3), Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Crawford ...

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

  • Columbus Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Columbus Hill is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 36,071 people
  • Cookeville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Lafayette
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lafayette is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,962 people
  • Algood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Cooper
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Cooper is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
  • Livingston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Thompsons Store
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Monterey
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • White Plains
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • White Plains is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
  • Baxter
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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 Crawford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crawford.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Crawford. 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 Crawford.

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

Adding Crawford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crawford in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Crawford was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crawford.

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 Crawford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Overton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crawford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.