Crawford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,525. Its county seat is Denison. The county was named for William Harris Crawford, U.S. senator from Georgia and United States Secretary of the Treasury.
County Courthouse, Denison
View of Crawford County and adjacent counties, with Dennison just above the center. Taken from the International Space Station on July 14, 2002.
William Harris Crawford was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as US Secretary of War and US Secretary of the Treasury before he ran for US president in the 1824 election.
William H. Crawford
Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Crawford as Secretary of the Treasury
Crawford depicted on United States fractional currency