Crawford County, Kansas

Crawford County
Crawford County
County
	Crawford County Courthouse in Girard (2012)
	Location within the U.S. state of Kansas
	Kansas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 37°31′N 94°51′W / 37.517°N 94.850°W
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Founded	February 13, 1867
Named for	Samuel J. Crawford
Seat	Girard
Largest city	Pittsburg
Area
• Total	595 sq mi (1,540 km2)
• Land	590 sq mi (1,500 km2)
• Water	5.3 sq mi (14 km2) 0.9%
Population (2020)
• Total	38,972
• Density	66.1/sq mi (25.5/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Area code	620
Congressional district	2nd
Website	CrawfordCountyKansas.org

Crawford County (county code CR) is a county in Southeast Kansas. In 2020 census, 38,972 people lived there.^[1] Its county seat is Girard.^[2] Its biggest city is Pittsburg. The county was named after Samuel J. Crawford,^[3] Governor of Kansas.

It is in the Osage Cuestas and Cherokee Lowlands. It is halfway between Kansas City, Missouri and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Pittsburg State University is located in Crawford County.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "QuickFacts: Crawford County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 95.