Crawfordville, Georgia

Crawfordville, Georgia
City
Broad Street storefronts in downtown Crawfordville, Georgia, with Taliaferro County Courthouse in the distance
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Location in Taliaferro County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates: 33°33′17″N82°53′54″W / 33.55472°N 82.89833°W / 33.55472; -82.89833
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Taliaferro
Government
• Mayor	Vivian Stewart
Area [1]
• Total	3.14 sq mi (8.12 km2)
• Land	3.12 sq mi (8.07 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation	614 ft (187 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	479
• Density	153.77/sq mi (59.37/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	30631
Area code	706
FIPS code	13-20316 [2]
GNIS feature ID	0313097 [3]
Website	crawfordvillega.org

Crawfordville Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Roughly centered on the downtown business district of Crawfordville, Taliaferro, Georgia
Area	1,738 acres (703 ha)
Built	1826
Built by	Charles Golucke/Golucke & Son, Julius Kendrick, J.H. McKenzie & Son (Taliaferro County Courthouse), others
Architect	Lewis F. Goodrich (Taliaferro County Courthouse)
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	06000124 [4]
Added to NRHP	March 14, 2006

Crawfordville is a city and the county seat of Taliaferro County, Georgia, United States. ^[5] The population was 479 in 2020.

History

Crawfordville was founded in 1825 as the seat of the newly formed Taliaferro County. It was incorporated as a town in 1826 and as a city in 1906. ^[6] The community was named after William H. Crawford (1772–1834), U.S. Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury. ^[7]

Geography

Crawfordville is located at 33°33′17″N82°53′54″W / 33.55472°N 82.89833°W / 33.55472; -82.89833 (33.554626, -82.898428). ^[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km²), all land.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	511		—
1890	584		14.3%
1900	597		2.2%
1910	688		15.2%
1920	784		14.0%
1930	840		7.1%
1940	1,056		25.7%
1950	966		−8.5%
1960	786		−18.6%
1970	735		−6.5%
1980	594		−19.2%
1990	577		−2.9%
2000	572		−0.9%
2010	534		−6.6%
2020	479		−10.3%
U.S. Decennial Census [9]

Crawfordville city, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2010 [10]	Pop 2020 [11]	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	192	169	35.96%	35.28%
Black or African American alone (NH)	319	277	59.74%	57.83%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	1	0	0.19%	0.00%
Asian alone (NH)	4	3	0.75%	0.63%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)	10	21	1.87%	4.38%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	8	9	1.50%	1.88%
Total	534	479	100.00%	100.00%

Education

Taliaferro County School District

The Taliaferro County School District consists of one charter school offering pre-school to grade twelve. ^[12] As of 2023, the district had 26 full-time teachers and 187 students. ^[13] Their Mascot is the Jaguars. ^[14]

Attractions

Crawfordville was the birthplace and home of Alexander H. Stephens, who served as a U.S. Congressman, Governor of Georgia, and most notably as Vice President of the Confederate States of America, 1861–1865. Stephens' home, Liberty Hall, is preserved as a museum and is a part of the A. H. Stephens Historic Park, a Georgia State Park located in Crawfordville.

Crawfordville is also the birthplace of Michael H. Rhodes, a radio and television personality that worked for Seattle based KING broadcasting during the 1940s–1980s alongside other famous Northwest greats: JP Patches and Stan Boreson.

The movie Sweet Home Alabama was partially filmed in Crawfordville. It includes the historical Taliaferro County Courthouse in one scene, as well as a scene with Reese Witherspoon walking down Main Street.

The movies Coward of the County with Kenny Rogers, Get Low with Robert Duvall, Gorp, and the 1978 TV movie Summer of My German Soldier were filmed here.

See also

• State of Georgia portal

• Central Savannah River Area

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
5. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
6. Hellmann, Paul T. (May 13, 2013). Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. p. 226. ISBN   978-1135948597 . Retrieved November 30, 2013.
7. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 54. ISBN   0-915430-00-2.
8. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
9. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
10. "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race –– 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Crawfordville city, Georgia". United States Census Bureau .
11. "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Crawfordville city, Georgia". United States Census Bureau .
12. Georgia Board of Education ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}, Retrieved June 26, 2010.
13. "Taliaferro County". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
14. "Parents & Students". www.taliaferro.k12.ga.us. Retrieved May 3, 2023.

External links

• Official Website