Crawfordsville, Oregon

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Crawfordsville is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon, United States.[1] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 332.[2] It is located about Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Brownsville and Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Sweet Home on Oregon Route 228, near the Calapooia River.[3] It has a post office with a ZIP code of 97336.[4]

History

Crawfordsville was founded on the land of Philemon Vawter Crawford in 1870 by Crawford and Robert Glass.[5] When the post office was established in 1870, it was named for Crawford.[5] Crawford was born in Madison, Indiana, in 1814 and he arrived in Oregon via the Oregon Trail in 1851.[5][6] His son, Jasper V. Crawford, was the first postmaster.[5] Philemon Crawford had previously helped establish the Boston Flour Mill near Shedd.[7]

In 1915 Crawfordsville had a population of 300, two sawmills, a flouring mill, a high school, an elementary school, and three churches.[8]

In the early 20th century, Crawfordsville had a population of Sikhs from Pakistan and India who worked for the Calapooya Lumber Company.[9]

Demographics

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Historical population
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Education

Crawfordsville Elementary School, part of the Sweet Home School District, closed in 2011, 158 years after its founding in 1853.[12] Area elementary students now attend Holley Elementary School in Holley.[13]

Points of interest

The Crawfordsville Bridge over the Calapooia River is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Photograph of a Sikh cyclist "Heara Singh", Crawfordsville, Oregon (c. 1900s)

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