Crawford County

County in southeast Kansas.
Crawford County was organized on February 13, 1867, by John Laman; P. S. Smith; James Hathaway; J. W. Wallace; Lafayette Manlove; Henry Schoen; and F. M. Logan. Named for Samuel J. Crawford, Governor of Kansas (1865-1868), the county contains the cities of Frontenac, Girard, Arcadia, Mulberry, McCune, Pittsburg, Cherokee, Hepler, Glenwood, and Arma.
In 1857 coal was discovered and the subsequent development of the mining made Crawford County one of the largest coal producers in the state.
The first church was the Catholic Parish in Grant Township, established in 1868. The first fair was held by the Crawford County Agricultural Association, organized in 1870, but the exact dates of the first fair are unknown. The first school was formed in 1858 in Lincoln Township.

Geography

Located in the Osage Cuestas and Cherokee Lowlands, it lies halfway between Kansas City, Missouri and Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Location under

Kansas

Included Locations

• Glenwood
• Hepler

Characters in Location

• Silage Boy