Crawfordville’s post office opened in 1870, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 28% of U.S. towns · #174 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Crawfordville was built recently: 0.3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Its Register listing is the Old Wakulla County Courthouse. Below: maps from 1940 on.
The Crawfordville post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Ivan (1895) and Riversink (1897), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 4,853156 years
How historic is Crawfordville?
C
More historic than 28% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Crawfordville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Crawfordville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Crawfordville is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns, #174 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Crawfordville’s overall grade.
Few Florida towns list much on the Register (a typical Florida town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Crawfordville’s 1.7 sits above most of its state (75% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. The pre-1940 share (±0.5 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Crawfordville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Crawfordville’s post office has been open since 1870. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Crawfordville
1870–today
Ivan
1895–1911
Riversink
1897–1898
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Ivan
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Crawfordville, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Crawfordville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Crawfordville is an unincorporated community, census-designated place (CDP), and county seat of Wakulla County, Florida, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 4,853, up from 3,702 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Tallahassee metropolitan area.
Its first post office opened in 1870. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,702 to 4,853 (+31%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Crawfordville, 1870 to 1997
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Crawfordville.
1940Arran sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Crawfordville.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Crawfordville
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
The Crawfordville post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Crawfordville rank for history?
Crawfordville is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns, #174 of 638 in Florida. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Crawfordville?
One place: the Old Wakulla County Courthouse (listed 1976).
How old are the homes in Crawfordville?
0.3% of Crawfordville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 2003.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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