Place:Crawford, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States

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NameCrawford
TypeTown
Coordinates33.306°N 88.622°W
Located inLowndes, Mississippi, United States
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Crawford is a small town in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 641 at the 2010 census. During the 1840s, a Baptist minister named Peter Crawford lived in the area. When the town was platted in 1852, it was named Crawfordsville. This name was used until 1870, when it was shortened to Crawfordville. Finally in 1879 it was changed to Crawford.

The Mobile and Ohio Railroad came though Crawfordsville in 1857.

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