Crawfordsville, Indiana | |
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Nickname(s): "Athens of Indiana" (William Compton, 1825)[1] | |
Coordinates: 40°02′30″N 86°53′48″W / 40.04167°N 86.89667°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Montgomery |
Township | Union |
Government | |
• Mayor | Todd Barton (R) |
Area | |
• Total | 9.70 sq mi (25.11 km2) |
• Land | 9.70 sq mi (25.11 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 758 ft (231 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 16,306 |
• Density | 1,681.72/sq mi (649.30/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 47933-47939 |
Area code | 765 |
FIPS code | 18-15742[4] |
GNIS feature ID | 2393664[3] |
Website | crawfordsville.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.
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