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Crawfordsville, Indiana
Crawfordsville, Indiana | |
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 Montgomery County Courthouse in 2018 | |
 Seal | |
| Nickname(s): "Athens of Indiana" (William Compton, 1825)[1] | |
 Location of Crawfordsville in Montgomery County, Indiana. | |
  Crawfordsville Crawfordsville's location in Montgomery County | |
| Coordinates: 40°02′30″N 86°53′48″W / 40.04167°N 86.89667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Montgomery |
| Township | Union |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Todd Barton (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.70 sq mi (25.11 km2) |
| • Land | 9.70 sq mi (25.11 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 758 ft (231 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 16,306 |
| • Density | 1,681.72/sq mi (649.30/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 47933-47939 |
| Area code | 765 |
| FIPS code | 18-15742[4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2393664[3] |
| Website | crawfordsville.net |
Crawfordsville (/ˈkrɑːfərdsˌvil/) is a city in Montgomery County in west central Indiana, United States, 49 miles (79 km) west by northwest of Indianapolis.[3] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,306. The city is the county seat of Montgomery County, the only chartered city and the largest populated place in the county.[5] It is the principal city of the Crawfordsville, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Montgomery County. The city is also part of the Indianapolis–Carmel–Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area.[6]
The city was founded in 1823 on the bank of Sugar Creek, a southern tributary of the Wabash River and named for U.S. Treasury Secretary William H. Crawford. The city is home to Wabash College, a private liberal arts men's college, and the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, a National Historic Landmark.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Gronertwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crawfordsville, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
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