Crawfordville, Georgia
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Template:Infobox NRHP Crawfordville is a city and the county seat of Taliaferro County, Georgia, United States.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> The population was 479 in 2020.
History
[edit]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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The community was named after William H. Crawford (1772–1834), U.S. Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Geography
[edit]Crawfordville is located at Template:Coord (33.554626, -82.898428).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.
Demographics
[edit]| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> | Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> | % 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
[edit]Taliaferro County School District
[edit]The Taliaferro County School District consists of one charter school offering pre-school to grade twelve.<ref>Georgia Board of EducationTemplate:Dead link, Retrieved June 26, 2010.</ref> As of 2023, the district had 26 full-time teachers and 187 students.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Their Mascot is the Jaguars.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Attractions
[edit]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
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[edit]Template:Taliaferro County, Georgia Template:Central Savannah River Area Template:National Register of Historic Places Template:Georgia county seats
- Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Cities in Taliaferro County, Georgia
- County seats in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Taliaferro County, Georgia
- 1825 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Populated places established in 1825