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Crawford County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 13, 1867
- Named after
- Samuel J. Crawford
- Seat
- Girard
- Largest city
- Pittsburg
- Total
- 595 sq mi (1,540 km )
- Land
- 590 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Water
- 5.3 sq mi (14 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 39,008
- Density
- 66/sq mi (26/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- CrawfordCountyKansas.org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Crawford County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Girard, and its most populous city is Pittsburg. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 38,972. The county was named in honor of Samuel Crawford, the third governor of Kansas. Pittsburg State University is located in Crawford County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crawford County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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