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Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Census-designated place in Oregon, United States
Crawfordsville, Oregon
Census-designated place
The Crawfordsville BridgeThe Crawfordsville Bridge
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Coordinates: 44°21′25″N 122°52′28″W / 44.35694°N 122.87444°W / 44.35694; -122.87444
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLinn
Founded1870
Area
 • Total1.92 sq mi (4.98 km)
 • Land1.92 sq mi (4.98 km)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km)
Elevation446 ft (136 m)
Population
 • Total315
 • Density163.89/sq mi (63.28/km)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code97336
FIPS code41-16650
GNIS feature ID2584413

Crawfordsville is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 332. 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. It has a post office with a ZIP code of 97336.

History

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.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020315—
U.S. Decennial Census

Education

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

Points of interest

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

Photograph of a Sikh cyclist "Heara Singh", Crawfordsville, Oregon (c. 1900s)

References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crawfordsville, Oregon
  3. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. "Crawfordsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  5. "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Crawfordsville CDP, Oregon". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  6. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  7. "USPS ZIP Code Lookup". Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  8. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) . Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  9. Flora, Stephenie. "Emigrants to Oregon in 1851". oregonpioneers.com.
  10. "The Boston/Thompson Mill". Boston Mill Society. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  11. Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. pp. 509–510. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
  12. Williamson, Stephen. "Sikhs and Hindus from India Working as Loggers & Millworkers for the Calapooya Lumber Company".
  13. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  14. "Celebration to mark school's closure". The Register-Guard. May 30, 2011. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  15. Moody, Jennifer (February 15, 2011). "Board to close Crawfordsville school". Albany Democrat-Herald. Retrieved February 19, 2012.

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Municipalities and communities of Linn County, Oregon, United States
County seat: Albany
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Footnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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