Addresses for County Courthouse and IRAD:

Established:		December 31, 1816 (Territorial Laws, 1815–16, p. 21)
Origin of the name of the county:
	Named for William H. Crawford of Georgia, United States Senator, Minister of France, Secretary of War, Secretary of the Treasury, and a prominent candidate for the Presidency in 1824.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in:
	1815–1816	Edwards
	1812–1815	Madison
	1809–1812	Randolph
	1801–1809	St. Clair
	1790–1809	Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats:
	1816–1818	Home of Edward N. Cullom
	1818–1843	Palestine
	1843–	Robinson
History of county governing board:
	1816–1818	County Court
	1818–1819	Justices’ Court
	1819–1849	County Commissioners’ Court
	1849–1868	County Court
	1868–	County Board of Supervisors
Documented Record Losses
	March 28, 1999—Fire			Some records lost or damaged.
Township Government
	Adopted:	November 5, 1867
Township Names:
	Honey Creek		Defined in report of June 21, 1869.
	Hutsonville
	Lamotte		Name changed from Palestine (date unknown, before 1921).
	Licking
	Martin		Defined in report of June 21, 1869.
	Montgomery		Defined in report of June 21, 1869.
	Oblong
	Prairie
	Robinson
	Southwest		Defined in report of June 21, 1869.
	The Board of Supervisors’ report to the Auditor of Public Accounts on June 21, 1869, included "corrections and new towns;" it resulted in the creation of four new townships (Honey Creek, Martin, Montgomery, and Southwest) and the disestablishment of three original townships (Franklin, Hardin, and Hebron).