Crawfordville, Georgia | |
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 Broad Street storefronts in downtown Crawfordville, Georgia, with Taliaferro County Courthouse in the distance | |
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 Location inTaliaferro County and the state ofGeorgia | |
| 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 | |
• Total | 3.14 sq mi (8.12 km2) |
| • Land | 3.12 sq mi (8.07 km2) |
| • Water | 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 614 ft (187 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 479 |
| • Density | 153.8/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 | |
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| Location | Roughly centered on the downtown business district of Crawfordville,Taliaferro, Georgia |
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| 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 thecounty seat ofTaliaferro County,Georgia, United States.[5] The population was 479 in 2020.
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 afterWilliam H. Crawford (1772–1834), U.S. Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury.[7]
Crawfordville is located at33°33′17″N82°53′54″W / 33.55472°N 82.89833°W /33.55472; -82.89833 (33.554626, -82.898428).[8] According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2), all land.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 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] | |||
| Race / Ethnicity(NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2010[10] | Pop 2020[11] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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| White alone (NH) | 192 | 169 | 35.96% | 35.28% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 319 | 277 | 59.74% | 57.83% |
| Native American orAlaska 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% |
TheTaliaferro 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]
Crawfordville was the birthplace and home ofAlexander 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 theA. H. Stephens Historic Park, a Georgia State Park located in Crawfordville.
Crawfordville is also the birthplace ofMichael H. Rhodes, a radio and television personality that worked forSeattle basedKING broadcasting during the 1940s–1980s alongside other famous Northwest greats:JP Patches andStan Boreson.
The movieSweet 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 moviesCoward of the County with Kenny Rogers,Get Low with Robert Duvall,Gorp, and the 1978 TV movieSummer of My German Soldier were filmed here.
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