{"id":1617,"date":"2023-02-20T07:55:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:20:50","slug":"crawford-county-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/crawford-county-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Crawford County, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crawford County is a county in Georgia, United States, in the central part of the state along the Fall Line. It had a population of 12,130 at the 2020 census and covers 325 square miles (840 km2) of land plus 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) of water, centred near 32\u00b043\u2032N 83\u00b059\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Knoxville is the county seat, and its postal code is 31050. The county has one incorporated city (Roberta), two census-designated places (Knoxville and Musella), and a number of small unincorporated communities. It sits in the Eastern time zone and is part of the Macon, Georgia metropolitan area.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Crawford County<\/h2>\n<p>Crawford County has one incorporated city and a scatter of unincorporated crossroads communities and CDPs across its 325 square miles. Georgia counties have no civil townships, so places are listed without a township column. &ldquo;CDP&rdquo; marks a Census Bureau-defined place with no city government; &ldquo;Unincorp.&rdquo; marks a named community with no formal boundary or population count.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Roberta<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31078<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Knoxville<\/td>\n<td>CDP &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Musella<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31066<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Allon<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31078<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ceres<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31078<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Francisville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friendship<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gaillard<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31078<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hammett<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31078<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Horns<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lee Pope<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31078<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nakomis<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sandy Point<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31078<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Zenith<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31066<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Roberta is the county&#8217;s largest incorporated place and its commercial center; Knoxville, the seat, is a small CDP a few miles to the northeast. The old site list carried Musella twice &mdash; the duplicate has been removed here.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>31078 &mdash; Roberta (also serves Allon, Ceres, Gaillard, Hammett, Lee Pope and Sandy Point)<\/li>\n<li>31050 &mdash; Knoxville (also serves Francisville, Friendship, Horns and Nakomis)<\/li>\n<li>31066 &mdash; Musella (also serves Zenith)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Crawford County is covered by just three ZIP codes; most of its small unincorporated communities share a ZIP with the nearest post office town rather than having one of their own.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Crawford County sits on Georgia&#8217;s Fall Line, where the rolling Piedmont to the north meets the flatter Coastal Plain to the south, giving the county a mix of low hills and pine flatwoods. It is bordered by <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/monroe-county-georgia\/\">Monroe County<\/a> to the north, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/bibb-county\/\">Bibb County<\/a> to the east-northeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/peach-county\/\">Peach County<\/a> to the east-southeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/taylor-county-georgia\/\">Taylor County<\/a> to the southwest, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/macon-county\/\">Macon County<\/a> to the south, and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/upson-county\/\">Upson County<\/a> to the northwest.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Crawford County&#8217;s population was 12,130 at the 2020 census. Roberta and Knoxville are its two largest population centers. Georgia&#8217;s statewide figure is the Georgia median of $74,632 (2023 ACS); Crawford County, a small and largely rural county, typically runs below that figure. With 325 square miles of land, the county&#8217;s overall density is about 37 people per square mile.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Crawford County&#8217;s economy is anchored by agriculture and forestry &mdash; timber, poultry and row crops are common across the county &mdash; along with commuting to jobs in nearby Macon and the Bibb County area. Roberta serves as the county&#8217;s small retail and services hub, with the county&#8217;s public schools also based there. Much of the county remains working farmland and pine plantation, and hunting leases are a common secondary use of the land.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Crawford County was created on December 9, 1822, from land that had been Houston and Marion county territory, and is named for William H. Crawford, a U.S. senator, minister to France, and Treasury secretary under President Monroe. Knoxville was laid out as the original county seat in the 1820s and retains much of its historic courthouse-square character; Roberta grew later as a rail town and became the county&#8217;s largest city.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 75 clips the county&#8217;s eastern edge, and U.S. Routes 80 and 341 along with Georgia State Routes 7, 22, 42, 96, 128, 401 and 540 (the Fall Line Freeway) cross the county.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Macon &mdash; 15 miles northeast<\/li>\n<li>Perry &mdash; 20 miles southeast<\/li>\n<li>Thomaston &mdash; 25 miles northwest<\/li>\n<li>Columbus &mdash; 60 miles west<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN) in Macon.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Crawford County, Georgia?<\/strong><br \/>It is in central Georgia, on the Fall Line between the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain, about 15 miles southwest of Macon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>12,130 people, per the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>325 square miles (840 km2) of land plus 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) of water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>Knoxville is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>One incorporated city (Roberta), two census-designated places (Knoxville and Musella), and about a dozen smaller unincorporated communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>31050 (Knoxville), 31066 (Musella) and 31078 (Roberta).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Crawford County named after?<\/strong><br \/>William H. Crawford, a U.S. senator and Treasury secretary who also ran for president in 1824.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/georgia\/\">Towns and villages in Georgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crawford County is a county in Georgia, United States, in the central part of the state along the Fall Line. It had a population of 12,130 at the 2020 census and covers 325 square miles (840 km2) of land plus 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) of water, centred near 32\u00b043\u2032N 83\u00b059\u2032W. 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