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CRAWFORD County lies in the eastern tier, and in the second tier from the southern boundary of the State. It is bounded on the north by Bourbon county, on the east by Missouri, on the south by Cherokee County, and on the west by Labette and Neosho Counties. ₁

Organized in 1867. County seat Girard. This county was, by act of the legislature of 1867, created out of the northern half of Cherokee, which prior to that date reached to Bourbon. It was named in honor of Samuel J. Crawford who was elected Governor in 1864, and served nearly four years.₂

1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Biographies
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Jones, James M. 1843 -	3K	Mar 2007	Joy Fisher
Cemeteries
History
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Crawford County Medical Directory 1920	9K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Election of State Officers, 1864	2 kb	Nov 1998	Jim Bullock
Military Records
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	35 kb	July 1998	Cathy Stwalley
James O. Gates Civil War Veteran, Widow's Pension Claim of Josephine Gates of Crawford County, Kansas	20 kb	Sep 2003	Vlouise Helmer
Obituaries
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
CREE, Ellen F.(Mrs. T. B) -1959	2 kb	Jun 2002	Wanda Purcell
Jackson, Ed Elmo September 22, 1922	3K	Apr 2020	Debra Crosby
Moody, William Terry March 26, 2011	3K	Jul 2011	Theresa Lundberg
Morrison, Garrett Weir June 29, 2004	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
Parlier, Charles E. January 9, 2005	2K	Aug 2007	Oz
Williams, Mary January 7, 1894	1K	Apr 2013	Ken Wright
Photos of Tombstones
Bethany (Twin) Cemetery June 17, 2011	Image 247K	Sep 2011	Theresa Lundberg
Frontenac Cemetery, Frontenac, Kansas
Highland Park Cemetery Also Known As: Hobson Cemetery, 2025 S. Broadway, Pittsburg, Kansas
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Frontenac, Kansas
Mount Olive Cemetery, Pittsburg, Kansas
Oak Grove Cemetery June 17, 2011	Image 292K	Sep 2011	Theresa Lundberg
West Bethany (Twin) Cemetery June 17, 2011	Image 294K	Sep 2011	Theresa Lundberg
Vitals - Marriages
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Gunterman, Clara M. - Jackson, Ed E. February 9, 1924	5K	Apr 2020	Debra Crosby

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