Crawford County, Iowa

Crawford County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,096.[1] The county seat is Denison.[2] The county was named for William Harris Crawford,[3] U.S. senator from Georgia and United States Secretary of the Treasury.

Crawford County was founded on January 15, 1851.

References
  1. "State & County QuickFacts". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  3. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 95.


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