Crawfordville is a city and the

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of Taliaferro County,

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, United States. The population was 479 in 2020.

History

Crawfordville was founded in 1825 as the seat of the newly formed Taliaferro County. It was incorporated as a town in 1826 and as a city in 1906. The community was named after

William H. Crawford William Harris Crawford (February 24, 1772 – September 15, 1834) was an American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of War and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. He later ran for U.S. president in the 1824 United States presidential electi ...

(1772–1834), U.S. Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury.

Geography

Crawfordville is located at (33.554626, -82.898428). According to the

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, the city has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

Education

Taliaferro County School District

The Taliaferro County School District consists of one charter school offering pre-school to grade twelve. As of 2023, the district had 26 full-time teachers and 187 students. Their Mascot is the Jaguars.

Attractions

Crawfordville was the birthplace and home of

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, who served as a U.S. Congressman, Governor of Georgia, and most notably as Vice President of the Confederate States of America, 1861–1865. Stephens' home, Liberty Hall, is preserved as a museum and is a part of the A. H. Stephens Historic Park, a Georgia State Park located in Crawfordville. Crawfordville is also the birthplace of Michael H. Rhodes, a radio and television personality that worked for

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based

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broadcasting during the 1940s–1980s alongside other famous Northwest greats:

JP Patches Julius Pierpont "J. P." Patches was a clown and the main character on ''The J. P. Patches Show'', an Emmy Award-winning local children's television show on Seattle station KIRO-TV, produced from 1958 to 1981. J.P. Patches was played by show creat ...

and

Stan Boreson Stan Boreson (May 5, 1925 – January 27, 2017), the "King of Scandinavian Humor," was a Norwegian-American comedian, accordionist and singer from Everett, Washington. Boreson was an early local TV star in the Seattle area, with a career that includ ...

. The movie ''

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'' was partially filmed in Crawfordville. It includes the historical Taliaferro County Courthouse in one scene, as well as a scene with Reese Witherspoon walking down Main Street. The movies '' Coward of the County'' with Kenny Rogers, '' Get Low'' with Robert Duvall,

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, and the 1978 TV movie ''

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'' were filmed here.

References

External links

Official Website
{{authority control Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) Cities in Taliaferro County, Georgia County seats in Georgia (U.S. state) Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Taliaferro County, Georgia 1825 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Populated places established in 1825