| Official Name: | Crawfordville, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Image Blank Emblem: | CrawfordvilleGAlogo.png |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 200px |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Taliaferro |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Vivian Stewart |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.12 |
| Area Land Km2: | 8.07 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.05 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.14 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.12 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 479 |
| Population Density Km2: | 59.37 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 153.77 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 33.5547°N -82.8983°W |
| Elevation M: | 187 |
| Elevation Ft: | 614 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 30631 |
| Area Code: | 706 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-20316[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0313097[3] |
| Crawfordville Historic District | |
| Nrhp Type: | hd |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Location: | Roughly centered on the downtown business district of Crawfordville, Taliaferro, Georgia |
| Built: | 1826 |
| Builder: | Charles Golucke/Golucke & Son, Julius Kendrick,J.H. McKenzie & Son (Taliaferro County Courthouse), others |
| Architect: | Lewis F. Goodrich (Taliaferro County Courthouse) |
| Architecture: | Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian |
| Added: | March 14, 2006 |
| Refnum: | 06000124 |
Crawfordville is a city and the county seat of Taliaferro County, Georgia, United States.[4] The population was 479 in 2020.
Crawfordville was founded in 1825 as the seat of the newly formed Taliaferro County. It was incorporated as a town in 1826 and as a city in 1906.[5] The community was named after William H. Crawford (1772–1834), U.S. Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury.[6]
Crawfordville is located at (33.554626, -82.898428).[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1sqmi, all land.
| White alone (NH) | 192 | 169 | 35.96% | 35.28% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 319 | 277 | 59.74% | 57.83% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 1 | 0 | 0.19% | 0.00% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 4 | 3 | 0.75% | 0.63% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 10 | 21 | 1.87% | 4.38% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8 | 9 | 1.50% | 1.88% | |
| Total | 534 | 479 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
The Taliaferro County School District consists of one charter school offering pre-school to grade twelve.[10] As of 2023, the district had 26 full-time teachers and 187 students.[11] Their Mascot is the Jaguars.[12]
Crawfordville was the birthplace and home of Alexander H. Stephens, who served as a U.S. Congressman, Governor of Georgia, and most notably as Vice President of the Confederate States of America, 1861–1865. Stephens' home, Liberty Hall, is preserved as a museum and is a part of the A. H. Stephens Historic Park, a Georgia State Park located in Crawfordville.
Crawfordville is also the birthplace of Michael H. Rhodes, a radio and television personality that worked for Seattle based KING broadcasting during the 1940s–1980s alongside other famous Northwest greats: JP Patches and Stan Boreson.
The movie Sweet Home Alabama was partially filmed in Crawfordville. It includes the historical Taliaferro County Courthouse in one scene, as well as a scene with Reese Witherspoon walking down Main Street.
The movies Coward of the County with Kenny Rogers, Get Low with Robert Duvall, and the 1978 TV movie Summer of My German Soldier were filmed here.