Crawford is a city in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States, in the Great Plains region. The population was 997 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated in 1886 and was named for the late Captain Emmet Crawford, who had been stationed at nearby Fort Robinson.
Downtown Crawford: 2nd Street, looking north from Linn Street, August 2010
C. 1910 depiction of Second Street (Crawford's main business thoroughfare) from Main Street.
The Adams Block in downtown Crawford, housing the Crawford Historical Museum.
Dawes County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 8,199. Its county seat is Chadron. The county was formed in 1885; it was named for James W. Dawes, the Nebraska Governor at the time.
Dawes County Courthouse in Chadron