Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Crawford County, Indiana.

Official Website

Crawford County was formed in 1818. Some say it was named for William H. Crawford, who was U.S. Treasury Secretary in 1818. Others say it was named for Col. William Crawford, who fought in the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War, and who was burned and scalped by Indians in 1782 in what is now Wyandot County, Ohio. The county seat was in Leavenworth for several decades but eventually moved to English.

Bands of "White Caps" terrorized the county in the late 1880s, according to a report by Attorney General Louis T. Michener. Blacks and others they disliked were forced out; victims both male and female were severely whipped.

Adjacent Counties

• Orange County
• Washington County
• Harrison County
• Meade County, Kentucky
• Perry County
• Dubois County

Cities, Towns, Townships & Other Communiities

• Alton
• Beechwood
• Boone
• Carefree
• Curby
• Eckerty
• English (County Seat)
• Fredonia
• Grantsburg
• Jennings
• Johnson
• Leavenworth
• Liberty
• Marengo
• Mifflin
• Milltown
• Ohio
• Patoka
• Riceville
• Riddle
• Sterling
• Sulphur
• Taswell
• Union
• West Fork
• Whiskey Run
• Wickliffe

Links

Wikipedia

Genealogy Trails

Hoosier National Forest (part)

Crawford County Historical & Genealogical Society

US Gen Net

RAOGK

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