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| Name | Crawford |
| Alt names | Crawford | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 35.583°N 94.233°W |
| Located in | Arkansas, United States (1820 - ) |
| See also | Franklin, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lawrence, Arkansas, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pulaski, Arkansas, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Scott, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Sebastian, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
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Crawford County is a county located in the Ozarks region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 61,948, making it the 12th-most populous of Arkansas's 75 counties. The county seat and largest city is Van Buren. Crawford County was formed on October 18, 1820, from the former Lovely County and Indian Territory, and was named for William H. Crawford, the United States Secretary of War in 1815.
Located largely within the Ozarks, the southern border of the county is the Arkansas River, placing the extreme southern edge of the county in the Arkansas River Valley. The frontier county became an early crossroads, beginning with a California Gold Rush and developing into the Butterfield Overland Mail, Civil War trails and railroads such as the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway, the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad, and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. Today the county is home to the intersection of two major interstate highways, Interstate 40 (I-40) and I-49. Crawford County is part of the Fort Smith metropolitan area. As a dry county, alcohol sales are generally prohibited, though recent changes to county law provide for exemptions.
Timeline
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| 1820 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1877 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1877 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1877 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1877 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1830 | 2,440
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| 1840 | 4,266
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| 1850 | 7,960
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| 1860 | 7,850
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| 1870 | 8,957
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| 1880 | 14,740
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| 1890 | 21,714
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| 1900 | 21,270
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| 1910 | 23,942
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| 1920 | 25,739
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| 1930 | 22,549
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| 1940 | 23,920
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| 1950 | 22,727
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| 1960 | 21,318
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| 1970 | 25,677
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| 1980 | 36,892
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| 1990 | 42,493
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas, United States
Research Tips
Resources
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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