Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1800
Parent county: Allegheny

Namesake: William Crawford, American soldier
Seat: Meadville (1800–)

Land area: 1,012 square miles

Population (2020): 83,938

Population (historic): 2,346 (1800); 31,724 (1840); 63,832 (1870); 63,643 (1900); 62,980 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1880; 1920–1950; 1960–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; 14 boroughs; 15 CDPs; 35 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 12,406 (27.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 61.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 21%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,565
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,257
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 6,521
Average farm size (1920): 52.3 acres
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Meadville

Namesake: David Mead, founder of the city

Founding: 1788 (platting); 1800 (post office); 1823 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 13,050

Population (historic): 457 (1810); 1,319 (1840); 7,103 (1870); 10,291 (1900); 16,698 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,714 (42.7%)
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