Crawford County, Missouri

Crawford County
Crawford County
County
	Crawford County Courthouse in Steelville
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 37°59′N 91°18′W / 37.98°N 91.3°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	January 23, 1829
Named for	William H. Crawford
Seat	Steelville
Largest city	Cuba
Area
• Total	744 sq mi (1,930 km2)
• Land	743 sq mi (1,920 km2)
• Water	1.2 sq mi (3 km2) 0.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	23,056
• Density	31/sq mi (12/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	8th
Website	crawfordcountymo.net

Crawford County is a county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 Census, the population was 23,056.^[1] Its county seat is Steelville. The county was organized in 1829^[2] and is named after U.S. Senator William H. Crawford^[3] of Georgia.

The section of Sullivan which is located in Crawford County is included in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In 1990, the mean center of U.S. population was located in southwestern Crawford County.

Crawford County was established in 1829 and the County Seat of Steelville was laid out in 1836.^[4]

^ "Crawford County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 281.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 95.
^ "About". Crawford County, Missouri. Retrieved April 28, 2023.