Crawfordsville, Indiana

Crawfordsville, Indiana
City
Montgomery County Courthouse in 2018
Montgomery County Courthouse in 2018
Official seal of Crawfordsville, Indiana
Seal
Nickname(s): 
"Athens of Indiana" (William Compton, 1825)[1]
Location of Crawfordsville in Montgomery County, Indiana.
Location of Crawfordsville in Montgomery County, Indiana.
Crawfordsville is located in Montgomery County, Indiana
Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville's location in Montgomery County
Coordinates: 40°02′30″N 86°53′48″W / 40.04167°N 86.89667°W / 40.04167; -86.89667
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMontgomery
TownshipUnion
Government
 • MayorTodd Barton (R)
Area
[2]
 • Total
9.70 sq mi (25.11 km2)
 • Land9.70 sq mi (25.11 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[3]
758 ft (231 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
16,306
 • Density1,681.72/sq mi (649.30/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
47933-47939
Area code765
FIPS code18-15742[4]
GNIS feature ID2393664[3]
Websitecrawfordsville.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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gronert was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crawfordsville, Indiana
  4. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  6. ^ "Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2023.