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History
Crawford County, one of the eastern tier and the second north of the line separating Kansas and Oklahoma, is bounded on the north by Bourbon county; on the east by the State of Missouri; on the south by Cherokee county, and on the west by the counties of Neosho and Labette. It was created by the act of Feb. 13, 1867, and was named for Col. Samuel J. Crawford, at that time the governor of Kansas. The area of the county is 592 square miles. It is divided into nine townships, to-wit: Baker, Crawford, Grant, Lincoln, Osage, Sheridan, Sherman, Walnut and Washington. The general surface of the county is undulating, the water-courses flowing in three different directions. In the northeast Drywood, Bone and Coxes creeks flow northward to the Marmaton river; in the west Big and Little Walnut and Hickory creeks flow southwest to the Neosho; and in the southeast Lightning, Lime and Cow creeks flow southward, their waters finally reaching the Neosho.
J. W. Wallace, Lafayette Manlove and Henry Schoen were appointed special commissioners and F. M. Logan county clerk, for the purpose of organizing the county. The first meeting of the commissioners was held on March 16, 1867, and the first order was one dividing the county into nine civil townships. The second order divided the county into election precincts. Another order directed the clerk to give 30 days' notice of an election to be held on April 15, 1867, for the election of county and township officers, and to decide the location of the permanent county seat. At the election J. W. Wallace, F. M. Mason and Andrew Hussong were elected commissioners; F. M. Logan, clerk; and J. M. Ryan, sheriff. The county seat question was not decided at that time, and in September Crawfordsville was selected as temporary seat of justice.
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April 15, 1867 |
J.M. Ryan |
William H. Braden bought land four miles west of the present city of Girard, and practically had to make the farm, as only a slight amount of work had been done on the place. He broke the ground by himself, and also set out the hedges, besides effecting the innumerable other improvements which made the farm a beautiful and productive piece of property. He lived there until 1878, when he was called by the voters to take the office of sheriff of the county, in which position he served two years. He was again elected to the office in 1882 and re-elected in 1884, so that he served altogether six years, or three terms. Following his official career he took his wife to Utah for the benefit of her health, and on his return embarked in the livery business in Pittsburg. |
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1868 - 1875 |
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1876 - 1878 |
S.R.Greenwood |
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1878 - 1880 |
W.M. Braden |
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1881- 1882 |
Jas. McMurray |
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1883 - 1886 |
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1887 – 1988 |
W.H. Braden |
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1888 – 1889 |
Robert Sharp |
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1889 – 1890 |
J.W. Connor |
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1890 – 1891 |
L.D. Herlocker |
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1892 – 1894 |
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1895 – 1897 |
H.F. Adsit |
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1897 – 1899 |
Ed T. Campbell |
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1899 - 1904 M.G. Vincent
In the fall of 1899 Mica G. Vincent was elected sheriff of Crawford county for a term of three years, and in 1902 was re-elected to the office, so that he is now serving for a second term. He is fearless and faithful in the discharge of his duties, regarding a public office as a public trust, and his record in connection with the shrievalty has been most commendable. |
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1904 – 1908 J.E. Walsh |
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J. E. Walsh largely acquired his early education in the public schools of Crawford county, Kansas, and he afterward spent one year as a student in the Kansas Normal College at Fort Scott. He then returned to own eighty acres of land. On the 8th of January, 1900, he was appointed to the position of undersheriff, and in January, 1903, left his home and engaged in stock raising in Grant township, where he was reappointed to that office, the duties of which position he has discharged in a very acceptable, prompt and faithful manner. A recognition of his worth was accorded him in his nomination for the position of sheriff as a candidate of the Republican party and since then he has been elected as sheriff of Crawford county by one of the largest majorities in the history of the county. |
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1908 – 1910 |
E.J. Merriweather |
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1910 – 1912 |
E.J. Brazil |
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1912 – 1916 |
J.D. Turkington |
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1916 - 1920 |
G. Clint Webb |
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1920 - 1924 |
Milt Gould |
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1924 - 1926 |
John D. Turkington |
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1926 - 1928 |
Ross James |
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1928 - 1930 |
J.M. Hyndman |
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1930 - 1934 |
Pearl N. Robinson |
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1934 -1938 |
Leon C. Delamaide |
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1938 - 1942 |
August Dorchy |
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1942 -1946 |
O.C. Burke |
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1946 - 1948 |
Ernest R. Stevens |
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1948 - 1952 |
Elmer Kneebone |
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1952 - 1956 |
E.R. (Ernie) Stevens |
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1956 - 1960 |
Hobart Ahrens |
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1960 -1962 |
Elmer Kneebone |
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1962 - 1968 |
Bill Strukel |
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1968 - 1969 |
Albert Gariglietti |
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1969 - 1970 |
Larry Hatfield |
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1970 - 1971 |
Lawrence M. Hatfield |
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1971 - 1974 |
Joe Fry |
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1974 - 1980 |
James P. Sellars |
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1980 - 1984 |
John A. Chester |
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1984 - 1995 |
D. Lynn Fields |
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1995 - Present |
Eugene (Sandy) Horton |
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