{"id":7244,"date":"2023-08-28T11:10:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T11:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7244"},"modified":"2026-08-11T21:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:32:52","slug":"crawford-county-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/crawford-county-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Crawford County, Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crawford County is a county in Pennsylvania, United States, in the state&#8217;s northwestern<br \/>\ncorner along the Ohio border. It had a population of 83,938 at the 2020 census, an estimated<br \/>\n81,792 by 2025, and covers 1,038 square miles (2,690 km2) centred near 41\u00b041\u2032N 80\u00b007\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Meadville is the county seat; its postal code is 16335. The county holds 2 cities, 14<br \/>\nincorporated boroughs and 15 census-designated communities across 34 townships, and it runs on<br \/>\nEastern Time. Its FIPS code is 42039.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Crawford County<\/h2>\n<p>Crawford County has 31 named places on the 2020 census roll: 2 cities, 14 incorporated<br \/>\nboroughs and 15 census-designated places (CDPs) with no borough government of their own. CDP<br \/>\nstands for census designated place; Unincorp. covers additional crossroads communities with no<br \/>\nformal boundary.<\/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>Meadville<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>West Mead<\/td>\n<td>13,050<\/td>\n<td>16335<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Titusville<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Oil Creek<\/td>\n<td>5,262<\/td>\n<td>16354<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cambridge Springs<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>Rockdale<\/td>\n<td>2,583<\/td>\n<td>16403<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cochranton<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>East Fairfield<\/td>\n<td>1,121<\/td>\n<td>16314<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Linesville<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>Pine<\/td>\n<td>961<\/td>\n<td>16424<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saegertown<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>Woodcock<\/td>\n<td>869<\/td>\n<td>16433<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Conneautville<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>Summit<\/td>\n<td>736<\/td>\n<td>16406<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Conneaut Lake<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>Sadsbury<\/td>\n<td>625<\/td>\n<td>16316<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hydetown<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>Oil Creek<\/td>\n<td>526<\/td>\n<td>16328<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Blooming Valley<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>East Fallowfield<\/td>\n<td>342<\/td>\n<td>16334<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Springboro<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>Spring<\/td>\n<td>376<\/td>\n<td>16435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Townville<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>Steuben<\/td>\n<td>326<\/td>\n<td>16360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Spartansburg<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>Athens<\/td>\n<td>277<\/td>\n<td>16434<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venango<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>North Shenango<\/td>\n<td>210<\/td>\n<td>16440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Centerville<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>Rome<\/td>\n<td>176<\/td>\n<td>16404<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Woodcock<\/td>\n<td>Borough<\/td>\n<td>Woodcock<\/td>\n<td>140<\/td>\n<td>16433<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Conneaut Lakeshore<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Sadsbury<\/td>\n<td>2,307<\/td>\n<td>16316<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pymatuning Central<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>South Shenango<\/td>\n<td>2,054<\/td>\n<td>16428<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pymatuning South<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>South Shenango<\/td>\n<td>392<\/td>\n<td>16429<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Canadohta Lake<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Bloomfield<\/td>\n<td>503<\/td>\n<td>16438<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pymatuning North<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Conneaut<\/td>\n<td>301<\/td>\n<td>16406<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Harmonsburg<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Summit<\/td>\n<td>309<\/td>\n<td>16422<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kerrtown<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Vernon<\/td>\n<td>258<\/td>\n<td>16335<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fredericksburg<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Vernon<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>16335<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Geneva<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Greenwood<\/td>\n<td>121<\/td>\n<td>16316<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Atlantic<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>East Fallowfield<\/td>\n<td>113<\/td>\n<td>16111<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Adamsville<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>West Fallowfield<\/td>\n<td>88<\/td>\n<td>16110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lincolnville<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Bloomfield<\/td>\n<td>86<\/td>\n<td>16417<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hartstown<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>West Fallowfield<\/td>\n<td>146<\/td>\n<td>16131<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Guys Mills<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Randolph<\/td>\n<td>128<\/td>\n<td>16327<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Riceville<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Bloomfield<\/td>\n<td>58<\/td>\n<td>16432<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The old settlement list on this page mixed in more than a hundred road-crossroads names &mdash;<br \/>\nCorners, Junctions and mill-site labels such as Buells Corners, Custards, Frenchtown and Rundell<br \/>\n&mdash; that never carried census recognition of their own. Those are unincorporated<br \/>\nneighborhoods inside a township, not separate places with population or ZIP data; they are not<br \/>\nrepeated here because none has a verifiable population figure. Pymatuning Central&#8217;s CDP<br \/>\nboundary also absorbs two named villages, Espyville and Westford, so their populations are not<br \/>\nbroken out separately.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>16335 &mdash; Meadville (also covers Kerrtown and Fredericksburg)<\/li>\n<li>16354 &mdash; Titusville<\/li>\n<li>16403 &mdash; Cambridge Springs<\/li>\n<li>16314 &mdash; Cochranton<\/li>\n<li>16424 &mdash; Linesville<\/li>\n<li>16433 &mdash; Saegertown (also covers Woodcock borough)<\/li>\n<li>16406 &mdash; Conneautville (also covers Pymatuning North)<\/li>\n<li>16316 &mdash; Conneaut Lake (also covers Geneva)<\/li>\n<li>16328 &mdash; Hydetown<\/li>\n<li>16334 &mdash; Blooming Valley<\/li>\n<li>16435 &mdash; Springboro<\/li>\n<li>16360 &mdash; Townville<\/li>\n<li>16434 &mdash; Spartansburg<\/li>\n<li>16440 &mdash; Venango<\/li>\n<li>16404 &mdash; Centerville<\/li>\n<li>16428 &mdash; Pymatuning Central (Espyville post office)<\/li>\n<li>16429 &mdash; Pymatuning South (Jamestown-area delivery)<\/li>\n<li>16438 &mdash; Canadohta Lake<\/li>\n<li>16422 &mdash; Harmonsburg<\/li>\n<li>16417 &mdash; Lincolnville<\/li>\n<li>16327 &mdash; Guys Mills<\/li>\n<li>16432 &mdash; Riceville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Atlantic, Adamsville and Hartstown use rural-route ZIPs shared with nearby Mercer County post<br \/>\noffices rather than a Crawford County town; those addresses are correct even though the ZIP<br \/>\nprefix does not match the county seat&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Crawford County sits on the glaciated Appalachian Plateau in Pennsylvania&#8217;s northwest<br \/>\ncorner. Of its 1,038 square miles, 1,012 are land and 25 are water, about 2.4 percent, split<br \/>\nmainly between Pymatuning Reservoir in the southwest and Conneaut Lake, the largest natural lake<br \/>\nwholly within Pennsylvania, near the county&#8217;s center. French Creek, a tributary of the<br \/>\nAllegheny River, drains most of the county&#8217;s eastern half and runs through Meadville and<br \/>\nSaegertown; Oil Creek drains the northeast around Titusville and Hydetown.<\/p>\n<p>Erie County lies to the north, Warren County to the east, Venango and Mercer counties to the<br \/>\nsouth, and the Ohio state line, fronting Trumbull and Ashtabula counties, to the west. <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/erie-county-pennsylvania\/\">Erie County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/warren-county-pennsylvania\/\">Warren County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/venango-county\/\">Venango County<\/a> and <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/mercer-county-pennsylvania\/\">Mercer County<\/a> all border<br \/>\nCrawford directly inside Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Crawford County had a population of 83,938 at the 2020 census, and the latest estimate puts<br \/>\nthe county near 81,792 residents, a continuing decline typical of rural northwestern<br \/>\nPennsylvania. Meadville and Titusville are the two largest communities, together holding roughly<br \/>\n22 percent of the county&#8217;s population. Pennsylvania&#8217;s statewide median household<br \/>\nincome was $73,824 as of the 2023 ACS; Crawford County&#8217;s rural, manufacturing-dependent<br \/>\neconomy runs below that mark. Population density works out to 81 people per square mile, low<br \/>\nfor the state outside its own major cities.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Manufacturing remains Crawford County&#8217;s largest private employer sector, concentrated in<br \/>\nMeadville, which calls itself &#8220;Tool City&#8221; for its cluster of tool-and-die shops that grew<br \/>\nup around the Talon Corporation&#8217;s zipper manufacturing plant. Allegheny College, a liberal<br \/>\narts school founded in 1815 with about 1,700 students, is Meadville&#8217;s largest institutional<br \/>\nemployer and anchors the city&#8217;s downtown. The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville serves<br \/>\nthe county&#8217;s eastern half. Titusville&#8217;s economy still trades on its 19th-century oil<br \/>\nboom, with the Drake Well Museum drawing visitors to the site of the first commercial oil well.<br \/>\nConneaut Lake Park, an amusement resort dating to 1892, and the Pymatuning Reservoir spillway in<br \/>\nLinesville, where carp gather so thickly that ducks appear to walk on their backs, are the<br \/>\ncounty&#8217;s biggest seasonal tourist draws.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Pennsylvania organized Crawford County on March 12, 1800, from part of Allegheny County,<br \/>\nnaming it for Colonel William Crawford, a frontier officer killed by Native American forces in<br \/>\nOhio in 1782. Meadville, settled in 1788 by a party led by David Mead, became the county seat.<\/p>\n<p>Abolitionist John Brown lived in the county for about 11 years before the Civil War and ran a<br \/>\ntannery near Guys Mills, now preserved as the John Brown House, Tannery and Museum, a documented<br \/>\nstop on the Underground Railroad. Titusville&#8217;s Edwin Drake struck oil on August 27, 1859,<br \/>\nlaunching the American petroleum industry and drawing the region&#8217;s population from a few<br \/>\nhundred to roughly 10,000 within a few years. On May 31, 1985, an F4 tornado tore through the<br \/>\nAtlantic community, killing 23 people, part of the broader 1985 United States&#8211;Canada tornado<br \/>\noutbreak.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 79 crosses the county&#8217;s western third, running north-south past Conneautville<br \/>\nand Saegertown. US Routes 6, 19 and 322 cross the county along with PA Routes 8, 18, 27, 77, 86,<br \/>\n102, 173, 198 and 285.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Erie &mdash; about 35 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Pittsburgh &mdash; about 95 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Franklin &mdash; about 20 miles southeast<\/li>\n<li>Youngstown, Ohio &mdash; about 45 miles southwest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Erie International Airport, roughly 35 miles north of Meadville, is the nearest major<br \/>\ncommercial airport. Amtrak does not serve Crawford County directly; the closest station is<br \/>\nErie&#8217;s, on the Lake Shore Limited line.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Crawford County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in Pennsylvania&#8217;s northwest corner along the Ohio border, bordered by Erie, Warren,<br \/>\nVenango and Mercer counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>\n83,938 at the 2020 census, with a 2025 estimate near 81,792.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>\n1,038 square miles (2,690 km2) total, of which 1,012 square miles are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>\nMeadville is the county seat and largest city, settled in 1788.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and boroughs are in Crawford County?<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo cities, Meadville and Titusville, plus 14 incorporated boroughs and 15 census-designated<br \/>\ncommunities across the county&#8217;s 34 townships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Crawford County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n16335 for Meadville, 16354 for Titusville, and separate codes for each borough, including 16403<br \/>\nfor Cambridge Springs and 16424 for Linesville.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Crawford County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nTitusville, the birthplace of the American oil industry after Edwin Drake&#8217;s 1859 well, and<br \/>\nMeadville&#8217;s tool-and-die manufacturing cluster, nicknamed &#8220;Tool City.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/pennsylvania\/\">Towns and villages in Pennsylvania<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crawford County is a county in Pennsylvania, United States, in the state&#8217;s northwestern corner along the Ohio border. It had a population of 83,938 at the 2020 census, an estimated 81,792 by 2025, and covers 1,038 square miles (2,690 km2) centred near 41\u00b041\u2032N 80\u00b007\u2032W. Meadville is the county seat; its postal code is 16335. 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