Crawford is a town located in western McLennan County, Texas, United States.
Downtown Crawford
The old city jail in Crawford.
Security Bank of Crawford on Main Street.
Grain silos along Main Street in Crawford, Texas.
McLennan County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 260,579. Its county seat and largest city is Waco. The U.S. census 2023 county population estimate is 268,583. The county is named for Neil McLennan, an early Scottish settler who worked to evict the Native Americans in frontier Texas. McLennan County is included in the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The McLennan County Courthouse in Waco
Aerial view of downtown Waco in 2009; Brazos River to the left and campus of Baylor University in the upper right