Crawford, Mississippi

Lowndes County

Population:  225 in 1890

                    389 in 1900

                    396 in 1910

                   in 1920

Town incorporated:  1-26-1854

Post office: Crawfordsville- 4-3-1852 to 5-11-1861

                                            12-11-1865 to 4-17-1870

                    Crawfordville- 4-18-1870 to 10-2-1879

                    Crawford- 10-3-1879 to present

Railroads: M&O- GM&O- ICG- Midsouth- KCS

                 

Next Town North- Penns

 

M&O Milepost 211.12

(from Mobile, Ala.)

 

Next Town South- Brooksville

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

1912 postcard view of Crawford depot. 

 

Postcard dated 1911
 

 

1916 view of section house at Crawford

 

  

 
BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

 

  

 

  

 
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