Crawford is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Scotland County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
.
History
An early variant name was "Crawford Station".
A post office called Crawford Station was established in 1878, the name was changed to Crawford in 1903, and the post office closed in 1906.
J. H. Crawford, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.
References
Unincorporated communities in Scotland County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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