CRAWFORDSVILLE

crawfordsville, a city and the county-seat of montgomery county, indiana, u.s.a., situated about 40 m. n.w. of indianapolis. pop. (1890) 6089; (1900) 6649, including 230 negroes and 221 foreign-born; (1910) 9371. it is served by the chicago, indianapolis & louisville, the cleveland, cincinnati, chicago & st louis, and the vandalia railways, and by interurban electric lines. wabash college, founded here in 1832 by presbyterian missionaries but now non-sectarian, had in 1908 27 instructors, 345 students, and a library of 43,000 volumes. among manufactures are flour, iron, wagons and carriages, acetylene lights, wire and nails, matches, brick paving blocks, and electrical machinery. north-east of the city there are valuable mineral springs, from which the city obtains its water-supply. crawfordsville, named in honour of w. h. crawford, was first settled about 1820, was laid out as a town in 1823, and was chartered as a city in 1863. it was for many years the home of gen. lew wallace.