In 1813, Williamson Dunn, Henry Ristine, and Major Ambrose Whitlock, U S Army, noted that the site of present-day Crawfordsville was ideal for settlement, surrounded by deciduous forest and potentially arable land, with water provided by a nearby creek, later named Sugar Creek, that was a southern tributary of the Wabash River.
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Crawfordsville Indiana grew in size and amenities, adding such necessities as a bank and fire department.
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Recent research conclusively shows that while Crawfordsville was among the first dozen or so Indiana communities to adopt the sport, it was not the first place basketball was played in Indiana.
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Nevertheless, Crawfordsville Indiana had a vibrant basketball playing culture from early on with teams from the local YMCA, Wabash College, Crawfordsville Indiana High School, and a business college competing against each other.
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Crawfordsville Indiana was the site for one of the earliest intercollegiate basketball games, between Wabash College and Purdue University, in 1894 at the city's YMCA.
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Nucor Steel, Alcoa CSI, Raybestos Products Company, Pace Dairy Foods, and Random House have all created factories in or near Crawfordsville Indiana which provided employment to much of the population.
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Crawfordsville Indiana is the home of the world's first thin-slab casting minimill .
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Crawfordsville Indiana is among the smallest cities in the United States to have two daily newspapers, The Paper and the Journal Review.
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Until 1967, Crawfordsville Indiana was served by passenger trains of the Monon Railroad, which provided service to Chicago, Lafayette, Greencastle, and Bloomington.
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Currently, Crawfordsville Indiana is served by Amtrak's thrice weekly New York–Chicago Cardinal.
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