Abandoned Record
About Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville is an extinct town in Preble County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Crawfordsville, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Crawfordsville is
Historic maps
4 historic USGS maps cover Crawfordsville
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1953 Cincinnati sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Cincinnati sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1960 Eaton North sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Dayton sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Crawfordsville
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Ohio index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Crawfordsville, Ohio": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q22676665.
- USGS GNIS 1074324.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).