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Crawfordsville

Ghost town · Crawford County, Illinois

Birds quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1917, 1:62,500)
Birds quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1917, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Crawfordsville is a ghost town in Crawford County, Illinois, recorded as human settlement in Crawford County, Illinois, United States of America. It is the only former community in Crawford County recorded on the federal names register, out of 208 across Illinois.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Crawfordsville as a historical populated place on the Birds topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.8667° N, 87.6695° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBirds
Elevation448 ft
Nearest living townFlat Rock, IL
Distance to it2.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1807711
Coordinates38.86671, -87.66947

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What's there now

Crawfordsville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Flat Rock, IL (population 362), about 2.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 448 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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