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History · Crawford

Crawford’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Crawford. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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During the 1840s, a Baptist minister named Peter Crawford lived in the area. When the town was platted in 1852, it was named Crawfordsville. This name was used until 1870, when it was shortened to Crawfordville. Finally in 1879 it was changed to Crawford.

The Mobile and Ohio Railroad came though Crawfordsville in 1857.

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Famous people from Crawford

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Big Joe WilliamsBig Joe WilliamsMusicClarence WeatherspoonClarence WeatherspoonSportsLHLegare HairstonSportsSHSam HairstonSportsCOCharles W. OrrFilm, TV & StageVHVasco De Gama HalePolitics & Law
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Crawford, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today4 photos
The Tangerine MotelCommonsThe Tangerine Motel2023Big Joe Williams Blues Trail MarkerCommonsBig Joe Williams Blues Trail Marker2021City HallCommonsCity Hall2015FEMA - 7233 - Photograph by Kevin Galvin taken on 11-25-2002 in MississippiCommonsFEMA - 7233 - Photograph by Kevin Galvin taken on 11-25-200…2002
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Crawford is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Crawford has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Meadow Woods Plantation House in Mississippi State, 9.1 miles away.

Crawford and the nearest listed places

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Meadow Woods Plantation HouseDossey A. Outlaw PlantationMotley Slough BridgeMcGeehee-Ames HouseOld Robinson RoadWilliam Henry Scales House

Closest to Crawford

Meadow Woods Plantation HouseMississippi State · Building9.1miDossey A. Outlaw PlantationMississippi State · Building10.3miMotley Slough BridgeArtesia · Built 192011.3miMcGeehee-Ames HouseMacon · Building11.8miOld Robinson RoadLongview · Structure12mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Meadow Woods Plantation House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Crawford?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Crawford’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Brooksville📜 Artesia📜 Macon📜 Starkville

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