Crawfordsville is a

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and

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Linn County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 332. It is located about southeast of Brownsville and southwest of

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, near the

Calapooia River The Calapooia River is an tributary of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. The Calapooia flows generally northwest from its source in the Cascade Range near Tidbits Mountain. In its upper reaches, it passes through parts of the Wi ...

. It has a

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with a ZIP code of 97336.

Demographics

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 Madison is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River. As of the 2010 United States Census its population was 11,967. Over 55,000 people live within of downtown Madison. Madison is the larges ...

, in 1814 and he arrived in Oregon via the

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in 1851. His son, Jasper V. Crawford, was the first postmaster. Philemon Crawford had previously helped establish the

Boston Flour Mill Boston Flour Mill is a historic gristmill in Shedd, Oregon. It was built in 1863 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is part of the Thompson's Mills State Heritage Site. The mill has been the site of field schools ...

near Shedd. In 1915 Crawfordsville had a population of 300, two

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s, a

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, a high school, an elementary school, and three churches. In the early 20th century, Crawfordsville had a population of

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s from Pakistan and India who worked for the Calapooya Lumber Company.

Education

Crawfordsville Elementary School, part of the

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, 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 The Crawfordsville Bridge spans the Calapooia River adjacent to Oregon Route 228 near the community of Crawfordsville in Linn County, Oregon, United States. The 105-foot Howe truss type bridge was built in 1932. The bridge was bypassed in 1963 ...

over the Calapooia River is listed on the

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References

External links

Historic images of Crawfordsville
from Salem Public Library
Images of Crawfordsville
from Flickr

from Linn County Roots
History of the Finley Mill in Crawfordsville
from Linn Genealogical Society {{authority control Census-designated places in Oregon Unincorporated communities in Linn County, Oregon 1870 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1870 Census-designated places in Linn County, Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon