{"id":2679,"date":"2023-04-11T10:54:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T10:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:20:50","slug":"crawford-county-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/crawford-county-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Crawford County, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crawford County is a county in Illinois, United States, in the southeastern part of the state along the Wabash River. It had a population of 18,679 at the 2020 census and covers 446 square miles (1,155 km2) centred near 39&deg;00&prime;N 87&deg;46&prime;W.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson is the county seat and its postal code is 62454. The county has one city, five incorporated villages, two census-designated places, roughly twenty unincorporated communities and ten townships. Crawford County is in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Crawford County<\/h2>\n<p>Crawford County has 28 named places: one city (Robinson), five incorporated villages, two census-designated places (CDP) and about twenty unincorporated communities and crossroads (Unincorp.) scattered through its farmland and former oilfield country. The table below carries over every settlement name from the county&#8217;s earlier listing, plus Riddleville, which Wikipedia&#8217;s county article also records as an unincorporated community.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Robinson<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>Robinson<\/td>\n<td>7,150<\/td>\n<td>62454<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oblong<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Oblong<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>62449<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Palestine<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>62451<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hutsonville<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Hutsonville<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>62433<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Flat Rock<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>62427<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stoy<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>62464<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Annapolis<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>62413<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>West York<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>62478<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bellair<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dogwood<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Duncanville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gordon<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Green Brier<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hardinville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Heathsville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kibbie<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Landes<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Morea<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Hebron<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oil Center<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oil Grove<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pierceburg<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Port Jackson<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Porterville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Richwoods<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Riddleville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trimble<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Villas<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Townships<\/h2>\n<p>Crawford County is divided into ten civil townships: Honey Creek, Hutsonville, Lamotte, Licking, Martin, Montgomery, Oblong, Prairie, Robinson and Southwest. Individual 2020 township-level population figures were not verifiable at time of writing, so they are omitted below rather than estimated. Three townships share a name with, and contain, their principal incorporated place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop. (2020)<\/th>\n<th>Main settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Robinson<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Robinson (county seat)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oblong<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Oblong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hutsonville<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Hutsonville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Honey Creek<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lamotte<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Licking<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Martin<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Montgomery<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Prairie<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Southwest<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>62454 &mdash; Robinson (also serves the surrounding unincorporated communities of Duncanville, Kibbie and Landes)<\/li>\n<li>62449 &mdash; Oblong (also serves Oil Center and Oil Grove)<\/li>\n<li>62451 &mdash; Palestine (also serves Port Jackson and Riddleville)<\/li>\n<li>62433 &mdash; Hutsonville (also serves Green Brier and Trimble)<\/li>\n<li>62427 &mdash; Flat Rock (also serves Villas)<\/li>\n<li>62413 &mdash; Annapolis<\/li>\n<li>62478 &mdash; West York<\/li>\n<li>62464 &mdash; Stoy (Post Office box service only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Smaller crossroads communities such as Bellair, Dogwood, Gordon, Hardinville, Heathsville, Morea, New Hebron, Pierceburg, Porterville and Richwoods do not have their own post office and are served by the nearest listed ZIP code.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Crawford County sits on gently rolling farmland in the Wabash River lowlands of southeastern Illinois. The Wabash River forms most of the county&#8217;s eastern boundary, separating Illinois from Indiana, and the county&#8217;s oil-bearing shale and sandstone made it one of the state&#8217;s earliest and most productive oilfields in the early 1900s. Corn and soybean fields cover most of the upland acreage away from the river bottoms.<\/p>\n<p>Crawford County borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/clark-county-illinois\/\">Clark County<\/a> to the north and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/jasper-county-illinois\/\">Jasper County<\/a> to the west, both in Illinois. To the south lie Lawrence County and Richland County, also in Illinois. Across the Wabash River to the east are Sullivan County, Indiana, and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/knox-county-indiana\/\">Knox County<\/a>, Indiana.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Crawford County recorded a population of 18,679 at the 2020 census, working out to a density of about 42 people per square mile across its 444 square miles of land. Robinson, with 7,150 residents in 2020, is by far the county&#8217;s largest place; Oblong is the county&#8217;s second-largest incorporated community, though its 2020 figure was not independently verified for this profile. Crawford County&#8217;s median household income runs below the Illinois median of $80,306, reflecting the county&#8217;s rural, agriculture- and energy-based economy.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Robinson has been an oil-refining town since the early twentieth century; a Marathon Petroleum refinery remains one of the county&#8217;s largest employers today. Robinson is also home to a chocolate factory that has produced the Heath bar since 1914, now owned and distributed by The Hershey Company. Outside Robinson and Oblong, the county&#8217;s economy runs on corn and soybean farming, with grain elevators and farm-service businesses anchoring the smaller villages.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Crawford County was organized on December 31, 1816, out of Edwards County in the Illinois Territory, before Illinois became a state. It originally covered nearly a third of the region before being reduced to its present boundaries by 1831 as neighboring counties were carved out. The county was named for William H. Crawford, who served as U.S. Secretary of War and later Secretary of the Treasury. The county&#8217;s early settlement period included conflict between settlers and Native American residents along the Wabash frontier, and Palestine, the county&#8217;s oldest town, served briefly as an early Illinois Territory land office site.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Illinois Route 1 and Illinois Route 33 cross at Robinson, the county&#8217;s main highway junction. Interstate 70 runs a short distance north of the county line through Clark County, giving access west toward Effingham and east toward Terre Haute, Indiana.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Terre Haute, Indiana &mdash; about 28 miles northeast<\/li>\n<li>Olney, Illinois &mdash; about 20 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Vincennes, Indiana &mdash; about 33 miles southeast<\/li>\n<li>Effingham, Illinois &mdash; about 45 miles west<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial air service is Terre Haute Regional Airport, roughly 30 miles northeast, with fuller schedules out of Indianapolis International Airport, about 100 miles northeast.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Crawford County, Illinois?<\/strong><br \/>It is in southeastern Illinois along the Wabash River, bordering Indiana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>18,679 people, at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>446 square miles (1,155 km2), of which 444 square miles is land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>Robinson is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>One city (Robinson), five villages and two census-designated places, plus about twenty unincorporated communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>62413, 62427, 62433, 62449, 62451, 62454, 62464 and 62478.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Robinson, Illinois known for?<\/strong><br \/>A Marathon Petroleum refinery and the chocolate factory that has made the Heath bar since 1914.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/illinois\/\">Towns and villages in Illinois<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crawford County is a county in Illinois, United States, in the southeastern part of the state along the Wabash River. It had a population of 18,679 at the 2020 census and covers 446 square miles (1,155 km2) centred near 39&deg;00&prime;N 87&deg;46&prime;W. Robinson is the county seat and its postal code is 62454. 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