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We would like to provide the residents of  Crawfordsville  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Crawfordsville Home page. The Crawfordsville Home page provides as much information as possible on Crawfordsville. Knowing Crawfordsville’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Crawfordsville’s Home page, you will also find Crawfordsville’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Crawfordsville has a population of 441. 49.9% of Crawfordsville’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.1 are female. 64.8% of Crawfordsville is married and 96.2% own their own home. Crawfordsville’s Ethnic is the following: White(99.5%), Hispanic(8.8%), Multiple(0.5%).


Crawfordsville was founded on the land of Philemon Vawter Crawford in 1870 by Crawford and Robert Glass. When the post office was established in 1870, it was named for Crawford. Crawford was born in Madison, Indiana, in 1814 and he arrived in Oregon via the Oregon Trail in 1851. His son, Jasper V. Crawford, was the first postmaster.


Philemon Crawford had previously helped establish the Boston Flour Mill near Shedd.In 1915 Crawfordsville had a population of 300, two sawmills, a flouring mill, a high school, an elementary school, and three churches.In the early 20th century, Crawfordsville had a population of Sikhs from Pakistan and India who worked for the Calapooya Lumber Company.


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