Crawfordsville, Oregon

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]

Crawfordsville
Unincorporated community & census-designated place
The Crawfordsville Bridge
Crawfordsville
Location within the state of Oregon
Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville (the United States)
Coordinates: 44°21′25″N 122°51′28″W
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLinn
Founded1870
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
97336

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.

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References
  1. "Crawfordsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  3. "USPS ZIP Code Lookup". Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  4. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  5. Flora, Stephenie. "Emigrants to Oregon in 1851". oregonpioneers.com.
  6. "The Boston/Thompson Mill". Boston Mill Society. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  7. Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. pp. 509–510. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
  8. Williamson, Stephen. "Sikhs and Hindus from India Working as Loggers & Millworkers for the Calapooya Lumber Company".
  9. "Celebration to mark school's closure". The Register-Guard. May 30, 2011. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  10. Moody, Jennifer (February 15, 2011). "Board to close Crawfordsville school". Albany Democrat-Herald. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
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