Crawfordsville, Oregon

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Crawfordsville, Oregon
Census-designated place
The Crawfordsville Bridge
The Crawfordsville Bridge
Crawfordsville is located in Oregon
Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville
Coordinates: 44°21′25″N 122°51′28″W / 44.35694°N 122.85778°W / 44.35694; -122.85778Coordinates: 44°21′25″N 122°51′28″W / 44.35694°N 122.85778°W / 44.35694; -122.85778
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLinn
Founded1870
Area
[1]
 • Total1.92 sq mi (4.98 km2)
 • Land1.92 sq mi (4.98 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
443 ft (135 m)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total332
 • Density170/sq mi (67/km2)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97336
FIPS code41-16650
GNIS feature ID1119522

Crawfordsville is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon, United States.[3] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 332.[2] It is located about 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Brownsville and 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Sweet Home on Oregon Route 228, near the Calapooia River.[4] It has a post office with a ZIP code of 97336.[5]

History[]

Crawfordsville was founded on the land of Philemon Vawter Crawford in 1870 by Crawford and Robert Glass.[6] When the post office was established in 1870, it was named for Crawford.[6] Crawford was born in Madison, Indiana, in 1814 and he arrived in Oregon via the Oregon Trail in 1851.[6][7] His son, Jasper V. Crawford, was the first postmaster.[6] Philemon Crawford had previously helped establish the Boston Flour Mill near Shedd.[8]

In 1915 Crawfordsville had a population of 300, two sawmills, a flouring mill, a high school, an elementary school, and three churches.[9]

In the early 20th century, Crawfordsville had a population of Sikhs from Pakistan and India who worked for the Calapooya Lumber Company.[10]

Education[]

Crawfordsville Elementary School, part of the Sweet Home School District, closed in 2011, 158 years after its founding in 1853.[11] Area elementary students now attend Holley Elementary School in Holley.[12]

Points of interest[]

The Crawfordsville Bridge over the Calapooia River is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places: Oregon". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Crawfordsville CDP, Oregon". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "Crawfordsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  4. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  5. ^ "USPS ZIP Code Lookup". Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  7. ^ Flora, Stephenie. "Emigrants to Oregon in 1851". oregonpioneers.com.
  8. ^ "The Boston/Thompson Mill". Boston Mill Society. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  9. ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. pp. 509–510. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
  10. ^ Williamson, Stephen. "Sikhs and Hindus from India Working as Loggers & Millworkers for the Calapooya Lumber Company".
  11. ^ "Celebration to mark school's closure". The Register-Guard. May 30, 2011. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  12. ^ Moody, Jennifer (February 15, 2011). "Board to close Crawfordsville school". Albany Democrat-Herald. Retrieved February 19, 2012.

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