Crawford County, Indiana

Crawford County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: English
Year Organized: 1818
Square Miles: 306

Court House:

PO Box 316
County Courthouse
English, IN 47118-0316

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Colonel William Crawford, the land agent of General Washington in the west, who was taken prisoner by the Indians and burned at the stake at Sandusky in 1782. Other sources say it may have been named for Wm. H. Crawford, Treasury Secretary when Crawford became a county in 1818.

Demographics:

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History

Crawford County was organized by a Legislative act January 29, 1818, which became effective March 1, 1818. Some say it was named for William H. Crawford, who was U.S. Treasury Secretary in 1818. Others say it was named for Col. William Crawford, who fought in the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War, and who was burned and scalped by Indians in 1782 in what is now Wyandot County, Ohio. The county seat was in Leavenworth for several decades but eventually moved to English.

Crawford County is divided into 9 Civil Townships as follows: Boone, Jennings, Johnson, Liberty, Ohio, Patoka, Sterling, Union and Whiskey Run.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 309 square miles (800 km²), of which 306 square miles (792 km²) is land and 3 square miles (8 km²) (1.03%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Orange County
Northeast: Washington County
Southeast: Harrison County; Meade County, Ky.
Southwest: Perry County
West: Dubois County

Cities and Towns:

- Alton	town	Incorporated Area
- English (County Seat)	town	Incorporated Area
- Johnson	township
- Leavenworth	town	Incorporated Area
- Marengo	town	Incorporated Area
- Milltown	town	Incorporated Area
- Ohio	township
- Sterling	township
- Union	township
- Whiskey Run	township

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