Crawfordsville, historically Crawfordville, is a town in Crittenden County,
Arkansas
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, United States. The population was 479 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Crawfordsville is located near the center of Crittenden County at (35.225741, -90.326318). According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, Crawfordsville has a total area of , all land.
Ecologically, Crawfordsville is located within the Northern Backswamps
ecoregion
An ecoregion (ecological region) or ecozone (ecological zone) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of l ...
within the larger
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
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. The Northern Backswamps are a network of low-lying overflow areas and
floodplain
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s historically dominated by
bald cypress
''Taxodium distichum'' (bald cypress, swamp cypress; french: cyprès chauve;
''cipre'' in Louisiana) is a deciduous conifer in the family Cupressaceae. It is native to the southeastern United States. Hardy and tough, this tree adapts to a wide ...
,
water tupelo
''Nyssa aquatica'', commonly called the water tupelo, cottongum, wild olive, large tupelo, tupelo-gum, or water-gum, is a large, long-lived tree in the tupelo genus ''(Nyssa)'' that grows in swamps and floodplains in the Southeastern United Sta ...
,
overcup oak
''Quercus lyrata'', the overcup oak, is an oak in the white oak group (''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus''). The common name, overcup oak, refers to its acorns that are mostly enclosed within the acorn cup. It is native to lowland wetlands in the east ...
,
water hickory
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, and
Nuttall oak
''Quercus texana'', commonly known as Nuttall's oak, is a fast-growing, large deciduous oak tree.
It is a tree growing up to 25 meters (83 feet) tall, with dark brown bark. It has leaves with sharp pointed lobes somewhat similar to those of t ...
forest subject to year-round or seasonal inundation. The
Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge
The Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge is a 5,484 acre (22 km2) wildlife refuge in Crittenden County, Arkansas, managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1961 from land acqu ...
, which preserves some of the year-round flooded bald cypress forest typical of this ecoregion prior to development for row agriculture lies northeast of Crawfordsville.
U.S. Route 64
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passes just north of the town, leading east to
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Memphis, Tennessee
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census
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of 2000, there were 514 people, 202 households, and 142 families residing in the town. The
population density
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was 451.0/km2 (1,167.1/mi2). There were 222 housing units at an average density of 194.8/km2 (504.1/mi2). The racial makeup of the town was 49.81%
White
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, 49.42%
Black
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or
African American
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, 0.19%
Asian
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, and 0.58% from two or more races. 1.17% of the population were
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race.
There were 202 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.1% were married couples living together, 22.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.12.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $26,518, and the median income for a family was $31,667. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $19,205 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the town was $12,176. About 19.4% of families and 21.1% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 27.9% of those under age 18 and 16.4% of those age 65 or over.
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