Crawfordville was founded in 1825 as the seat of the newly formed Taliaferro County.

[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2), all land.

Congressman, Governor of Georgia, and most notably as Vice President of the Confederate States of America, 1861–1865.

Crawfordville is also the birthplace of Michael H. Rhodes, a radio and television personality that worked for Seattle based KING broadcasting during the 1940s–1980s alongside other famous Northwest greats: JP Patches and Stan Boreson.

The movie Sweet Home Alabama was partially filmed in Crawfordville.