Crawfordsville, Oregon
| Crawfordsville | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community & census-designated place | |
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The Crawfordsville Bridge | |
  Crawfordsville Location within the state of Oregon | |
| Coordinates: 44°21′25″N 122°51′28″W / 44.35694°N 122.85778°WCoordinates: 44°21′25″N 122°51′28″W / 44.35694°N 122.85778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Linn |
| Founded | 1870 |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 97336 |
Crawfordsville is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Brownsville, on Oregon Route 228, near the Calapooia River.[2] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office with a ZIP code of 97336.[3]
History
Crawfordsville was founded on the land of Philemon Vawter Crawford in 1870 by Crawford and Robert Glass.[4] When the post office was established in 1870, it was named for Crawford.[4] Crawford was born in Madison, Indiana in 1814 and he arrived in Oregon via the Oregon Trail in 1851.[4][5] His son, Jasper V. Crawford, was the first postmaster.[4] Philemon Crawford had previously helped establish the Boston Flour Mill near Shedd.[6]
In 1915 Crawfordsville had a population of 300, two sawmills, a flouring mill, a high school, an elementary school, and three churches.[7]
In the early 20th century, Crawfordsville had a population of Sikhs from Pakistan and India who worked for the Calapooya Lumber Company.[8]
Education
Crawfordsville Elementary School, part of the Sweet Home School District, closed in 2011, 158 years after its founding in 1853.[9] Area elementary students now attend Holley Elementary School in Holley.[10]
Points of interest
The Crawfordsville Bridge over the Calapooia River is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
References
- ↑ "Crawfordsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ↑ "USPS ZIP Code Lookup". Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 248. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
- ↑ Flora, Stephenie. "Emigrants to Oregon in 1851". oregonpioneers.com.
- ↑ "The Boston/Thompson Mill". Boston Mill Society. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- ↑ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. pp. 509–510. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
- ↑ Williamson, Stephen. "Sikhs and Hindus from India Working as Loggers & Millworkers for the Calapooya Lumber Company".
- ↑ "Celebration to mark school's closure". The Register-Guard. May 30, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- ↑ Moody, Jennifer (February 15, 2011). "Board to close Crawfordsville school". Albany Democrat-Herald. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
External links
- Historic images of Crawfordsville from Salem Public Library
- Images of Crawfordsville from Flickr
- History of Crawfordsville from Linn County Roots
- History of the Finley Mill in Crawfordsville from Linn Genealogical Society
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