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8 unusual facts about Crawford County


Crawford County, Kansas

Six deaths were reported in Kansas, and Governor Sebelius declared much of eastern and southeastern Kansas a disaster area, including Crawford County.

Crawford County, Missouri

Although he withdrew from the race, former U.S. Senator John Edwards (D-North Carolina) still received 2.61 percent of the vote in Crawford County.

Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Pymatuning State Park is on Pymatuning Reservoir.

John Richard Parker

John Parker was born in 1830 in Crawford County, Illinois the second oldest child of Silas Mercer Parker (1802–1836) and Lucy (Duty) Parker.

Limestone County, Texas

and eight other men organized the Pilgrim Predestinarian Regular Baptist Church in Lamotte, Illinois.

National City Corp.

2009: On April 7, 2009 PNC agrees to sell off 57 National City branches in the Pittsburgh and Erie areas to First Niagara Bank, while the remaining four needed to be sold off—all in Crawford County, Pennsylvania—are sold to locally-based independent banks.

O'Bannon Woods State Park

O'Bannon Woods State Park is located near Leavenworth, Crawford County, Indiana, 32 miles (51 km) west of Louisville, KY.

William Tibertus McCarty

William Tibertus McCarty was born in Crossingville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to Timothy and Margaret (née Burns) McCarty.


Boyer River

In southern Sac County it turns southwestward and flows through Crawford, Harrison and Pottawattamie Counties, past the towns of Deloit, Denison, Arion, Dow City, Dunlap, Woodbine, Logan and Missouri Valley.

Jason T. Smith

Following the resignation of the incumbent State Representative Frank Barnitz, Smith ran for Missouri's 150th house district, based in Dent, Phelps, Crawford, and Reynolds counties.

U.S. Route 27 in Michigan

The freeway then turns a bit northeasterly toward Higgins Lake and follows that lake's western shore before crossing into Crawford County.

U.S. Route 6 in Ohio

7.5 miles north of Andover, US 6 breaks its concurrency with SR 7, turns east, and enters Pennsylvania in Crawford County, just north of the Pymatuning Reservoir.


see also

Franklin, Kansas

In Disney's 1985 film Return to Oz, Dorothy Gale lived with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry outside of Franklin or near it in Crawford County.

Orra E. Monnette

In his youth, Monnette also helped in the organization of subscriptions for the building of Monnett Memorial M. E. Chapel in Crawford County Ohio.

Portage Lake

Lake Margrethe in Crawford County, Michigan was formerly known as Portage Lake