52-709: The South Montgomery Community School Corporation , often abbreviated SMCSC , administers a total of 5 schools, including 1 high school 1 middle school and 3 elementary schools south of Crawfordsville , Montgomery County, Indiana. Its administrative offices are at 300 North 3rd Street in New Market, Indiana . The superintendent is Dr. Chad Cripe Communities served include portions of Crawfordsville, Alamo , Ladoga , Lake Holiday , New Market, New Ross , and Waveland . 39°57′20.2″N 86°55′15.0″W / 39.955611°N 86.920833°W / 39.955611; -86.920833 This Indiana school-related article
104-531: A college as soon as the wants of the country demand." Among these ministers was Caleb Mills , who became Wabash College's first faculty member. He would come to be known as the father of the Indiana public education system. Elihu W. Baldwin , the first president of the college, served from 1835 until 1840. He came from a church in New York City and accepted the presidency even though he knew that Wabash
156-489: A degree. On "Ringing In Saturday", incoming students are addressed by the dean of students, the dean of admissions, the president of the alumni association, and the college president and are "rung in" by the president, using the same bell that Caleb Mills used to call students to class. On Homecoming weekend, students are given the opportunity to show how well they know the college fight song (Old Wabash) during "Chapel Sing". The student government , referred to collectively as
208-472: A law office ( Otto Schlemmer Building ), senior apartments and recreation center ( Crawfordsville High School ), a private residence ( McClelland-Layne House ), the headquarters of the local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter ( Col. Isaac C. Elston House ), and a former hospital renovated for senior apartments Culver Union Hospital . According to the 2010 census, Crawfordsville has
260-415: A new campus north of the city. The hospital's ownership was transferred to Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Inc. in 2000 and renamed St. Clare Medical Center. In 2011, it was again renamed, to Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health - Crawfordsville . In 1911, Crawfordsville High School was founded, and promptly won the state's first high school basketball title. Crawfordsville's major employer for much of
312-994: A printing plant in Crawfordsville in 1921 that continues to employ many local residents. The plant name changed to LSC Communications in October 2016 when RR Donnelley & Sons separated into three separate companies. The factory is now called Lakeside Book Company Most of the city lies within the Crawfordsville Community Schools school district, while parts of northern Crawfordsville are in North Montgomery Community School Corporation and very small sections of southern Crawfordsville are in South Montgomery Community School Corporation . Crawfordsville
364-549: A single rule: The student is expected to conduct himself at all times, both on and off campus, as a gentleman and a responsible citizen. The college says that this rule is its oldest tradition. The first fraternity, Beta Theta Pi , appeared at Wabash in 1846 and has been on campus continuously since. It was quickly followed by Phi Delta Theta , Phi Gamma Delta , Delta Tau Delta , Kappa Sigma , Sigma Chi , Tau Kappa Epsilon , Lambda Chi Alpha , Phi Kappa Psi , and Theta Delta Chi , all of which remain on campus today. Many of
416-412: A sound administrator, and an astute handler of public relations." He was the namesake of the former Tuttle Grade School in Crawfordsville (1906), the former Tuttle Junior High School, and the former Tuttle Middle School (1960). Scott E. Feller, Dean of the college from 2014 to 2020 and chemistry professor at Wabash since 1998, became the 17th President of Wabash College on July 1, 2020. In the early 1900s,
468-474: A total area of 9.15 square miles (23.70 km ), all land. The city is located in west-central Indiana, about an hour west-northwest of Indianapolis , the state's capital and largest city. Crawfordsville is the principal city of the Crawfordsville, IN Micropolitan Area, which is included in the larger Indianapolis–Carmel–Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area . As of the census of 2010, there were 15,915 people, 6,396 households, and 3,837 families residing in
520-430: Is "Wabash always fights". Wabash College competes in men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, tennis, cross country, lacrosse, track and field, golf, football, soccer, swimming and diving, volleyball, and wrestling. Inter-collegiate football at Wabash dates back to 1884, when student-coach Edwin R. Taber assembled a team and defeated Butler University by a score of 4–0 in the first intercollegiate football game in
572-536: Is a private liberal arts men's college in Crawfordsville, Indiana . Founded in 1832 by several Dartmouth College graduates and Midwestern leaders, it enrolls nearly 900 students. The college offers an undergraduate liberal arts curriculum in three academic divisions with 39 majors. As of 2020, it is one of only three non-religious, all-male, four-year colleges in the United States. The college
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#1732787892040624-473: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Crawfordsville, Indiana Crawfordsville ( / ˈ k r ɑː f ər d s ˌ v i l / ) is a city in Montgomery County in west central Indiana , United States , 49 miles (79 km) west by northwest of Indianapolis . As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 16,306. The city is the county seat of Montgomery County,
676-741: Is among the smallest cities in the United States to have two daily newspapers, The Paper and the Journal Review . Until 1967, Crawfordsville was served by passenger trains of the Monon Railroad , which provided service to Chicago, Lafayette, Greencastle, and Bloomington. The Monon merged into the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1971. Currently, Crawfordsville is served by Amtrak's thrice weekly New York–Chicago Cardinal . The Chicago-bound Cardinal stops in Crawfordsville at 7:28 am on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, while
728-517: Is home to Wabash College , a private liberal arts men's college , and the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum , a National Historic Landmark . In 1813, Williamson Dunn, Henry Ristine, and Major Ambrose Whitlock, U.S. Army, noted that the site of present-day Crawfordsville was ideal for settlement, surrounded by deciduous forest and potentially arable land, with water provided by a nearby creek, later named Sugar Creek, that
780-571: Is now a museum and listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The beginning of the 20th century marked important steps for Crawfordsville, as Culver Union Hospital and the Carnegie Library were built in 1902. Culver operated as a not-for-profit, municipally-owned facility for 80 years, but was then sold to for-profit American Medical International, and in 1984 was relocated from its original location near downtown to
832-477: The National Register of Historic Places . Three of the properties are currently museums: Gen. Lew Wallace Study , Henry S. Lane House , and Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence . Two of the properties are historic districts: Crawfordsville Commercial Historic District , and Elston Grove Historic District . Two listings are active churches: Bethel AME Church of Crawfordsville , and Saint John's Episcopal Church . The other properties are currently used as
884-617: The 100 block of South Washington Street was burned in a major fire. A woman in one of the buildings reported the fire. One person, Leslie Eric Largent, died in the fire. The fire was covered by the press statewide. Two buildings, built circa 1882, were completely destroyed: one housed the Silver Dollar Bar (formerly Tommy Kummings' Silver Dollar Tavern); the other contained the New York Shoe Repair and Bargain Center at
936-528: The Christ , a historical novel dealing with the beginnings of Christianity in the Mediterranean world. In addition to Wallace, Crawfordsville lived up to its nickname "The Athens of Indiana" by being the hometown of a number of authors, including Maurice Thompson , Mary Hannah Krout , Caroline Virginia Krout , Susan Wallace , Will H. Thompson, and Meredith Nicholson . Hoosiers have long believed that
988-641: The New York-bound Cardinal stops at 10:30 pm on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Crawfordsville is served by the Crawfordsville Regional Airport (KCFJ). Located four miles (6.4 km) south of the city, the airport handles approximately 6,383 operations per year, with 100% general aviation and <1% air taxi. The airport has a 5,505-foot (1,678 m) asphalt runway with approved GPS and NDB approaches (Runway 4-22). Wabash College Wabash College
1040-597: The Student Body of Wabash College, comprises executive , legislative , and judicial branches. Student organizations at Wabash receive funding and recognition from the Student Senate. This funding in turn comes from a student activities fee, which every attendee of the college must pay each semester. The student paper of Wabash College is The Bachelor and has been published since the early 1900s. Rather than an explicit student code of conduct, Wabash has
1092-426: The age of 18 living with them, 40.8% were married couples living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.0% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.91. The median age in
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#17327878920401144-419: The age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.1% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.94. In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.3% under
1196-461: The age of 18, 13.4% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 34,571, and the median income for a family was $ 43,211. Males had a median income of $ 32,834 versus $ 22,093 for females. The per capita income for
1248-438: The area, "Crawfordsville is the only town between Terre Haute and Fort Wayne... Maj. Ristine keeps tavern in a two-story log house and Jonathan Powers has a little grocery. There are two stores, Smith's near the land office, and Issac C. Elston's, near the tavern... David Vance [is the] sheriff." It was successfully incorporated as a town in 1834, following a failed attempt three years earlier. In November 1832, Wabash College
1300-411: The banks of Sugar Creek, which drew researchers and fossil enthusiasts to the area. Crawfordsville grew in size and amenities, adding such necessities as a bank and fire department. It gained status as a city in 1865 when the state of Indiana granted its charters. In 1862, Joseph F. Tuttle, after whom Tuttle Grade School was named in 1906 and Tuttle Junior High School (now Crawfordsville Middle School)
1352-441: The century, commercial printer RR Donnelley , began operations in Crawfordsville in 1922. Recent history has held few nationally noteworthy events for the city but much internal change. Nucor Steel , CSI Closures (formerly Alcoa ), Raybestos Products Company, Pace Dairy Foods , and Random House have all created factories in or near Crawfordsville which provided employment to much of the population. Manpower has taken over as
1404-525: The city was $ 16,945. About 10.0% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 18.9% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over. Crawfordsville is the home of the world's first thin-slab casting minimill (steel manufacturing plant that recycles scrap steel using an electric arc-furnace). Nucor Steel broke ground on its first sheet steel mill and first galvanizing line at its billion-dollar Crawfordsville facility in 1987. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company started
1456-401: The city was 36.6 years. 22.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 13.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24% were from 25 to 44; 23.4% were from 45 to 64, and 16.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.1% male and 49.9% female. As of the 2000 census , there were 15,243 people, 6,117 households, and 3,664 families residing in the city. The population density
1508-477: The city. The population density was 1,739.3 inhabitants per square mile (671.5/km ). There were 7,154 housing units at an average density of 781.9 per square mile (301.9/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 92.1% White , 1.7% African American , 0.4% Native American , 0.9% Asian , 3.3% from other races , and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.2% of the population. There were 6,396 households, of which 30.3% had children under
1560-516: The college closed its "Preparatory School", which prepared incoming students from less-rigorous rural high schools that lacked the courses required for entrance to the college. During World War II , Wabash College was one of 131 colleges and universities that offered students a path to a Navy commission as part of the V-12 Navy College Training Program . In 1996, under the direction of James Fisher, Wabash became
1612-401: The corner of Pike and Washington streets. Above the shoe store were several apartments where residents were sleeping. On May 22, the fire was ruled to have been an act of arson. In 2015, Crawfordsville won a Stellar Community grant from Indiana Office of Community & Rural Affairs . On May 17, 2018, a new clock tower built by Kentucky-based Campbellsville Industries was put into place on
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1664-551: The courthouse's original clock tower base. The original clock tower had been taken down in 1941 due to structural concerns. The clock tower was made possible by the Montgomery County Courthouse Clock Tower Committee and its fundraising efforts spanning more than twenty years. The clock tower was dedicated on June 17, and the bells and chimes were sounded for the first time. As of 2016, Crawfordsville has twelve properties listed on
1716-530: The first basketball game in Indiana occurred on March 16, 1894, at the Crawfordsville YMCA between the teams from Crawfordsville's and Lafayette's YMCAs. Recent research, however, conclusively shows that while Crawfordsville was among the first dozen or so Indiana communities to adopt the sport, it was not the first place basketball was played in Indiana. Nevertheless, Crawfordsville had a vibrant basketball playing culture from early on with teams from
1768-465: The first college in America to stage Tony Kushner 's Angels in America . Rankings US Liberal Arts Colleges Forbes = 47 (2024) US News & World Report = 55 (2025) The Wall Street Journal does not include Wabash College as it only ranks colleges with at least 1,000 students. Wabash College's curriculum is divided into three: Division I, Division II, and Division III representing
1820-427: The local YMCA, Wabash College, Crawfordsville High School, and a business college competing against each other. Crawfordsville was also the site for one of the earliest intercollegiate basketball games, between Wabash College and Purdue University, in 1894 at the city's YMCA. In 1882, one of the first rotary jails in the country opened. It served from 1882 until 1972. The Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence
1872-607: The most recent capital campaign, "Challenge of Excellence", between fall 2010 and 1 October 2012, the college raised $ 68 million, exceeding the original goal of $ 60 million. The school's sports teams are called the Little Giants. They participate in the NCAA 's Division III and in the North Coast Athletic Conference for all but one of their 12 varsity sports. The only exception is volleyball,
1924-408: The natural sciences, humanities and arts, and social sciences respectively. Wabash offers 27 academic programs as majors and 31 accompanying minors. Its most popular majors, by 2021 graduates, were: Seniors at Wabash College take a three-day comprehensive exam in their major subject area. There are two days of written exams and one day of oral exams. The two days of written exams differ by major, but
1976-595: The only chartered city and the largest populated place in the county. It is the principal city of the Crawfordsville, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area , which encompasses all of Montgomery County. The city is also part of the Indianapolis–Carmel–Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area . The city was founded in 1823 on the bank of Sugar Creek , a southern tributary of the Wabash River and named for U.S. Treasury Secretary William H. Crawford . The city
2028-424: The oral exams are relatively uniform. A senior meets with three professors, one from his major, another from his minor, and a third professor who represents an outside perspective, and can be from any discipline. Over the course of an hour a senior answers questions from the professors which can relate to anything during his studies at Wabash. A senior must pass the comprehensive examinations in order to be eligible for
2080-698: The past 70 years using major campaigns and estate planning with alumni. Major donors include the pharmaceutical industrialist Eli Lilly , the company his grandfather founded, his heirs, and the Lilly Endowment . The school's library is named after him as are a number of premier scholarships including the Lilly Award, the college's most prestigious scholarship established in 1974 to honor the Eli Lilly family and recognize young men of outstanding character, creativity, and academic accomplishment. During
2132-537: The primary employer in the city and has allowed most of the local companies to reduce employees. In 2008, Raybestos laid off the majority of its workforce with less than 100 employees left. Wabash College won the Division III NCAA basketball title in 1982. The college plays an annual football game against Depauw University for the Monon Bell , one of the oldest rivalries in all college sports. In 1998,
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2184-541: The school's newest varsity sport, which was added in advance of the 2021 season (2020–21 school year). Since the NCAC sponsors volleyball only for women, the Little Giants play that sport in the single-sport Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League . Every year since 1911, Wabash College has played rival DePauw University in a football game called the Monon Bell Classic. The rallying cheer of Wabash College athletics
2236-595: The state began a proposed project to widen U.S. Route 231 , in an attempt to ease intrastate travel flow. In 2005, the Crawfordsville District Public Library moved into a new building across the street from the city's Carnegie library. The library retained ownership of the old building and re-opened it as the Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County in 2007. On May 8, 2007, approximately a quarter-block of historic buildings in
2288-507: The town in March 1823. Crawfordsville was named in honor of William H. Crawford , a fellow Virginian who was Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Madison and Monroe at that time and who had issued Whitlock's commission as Receiver of Public Lands. Whitlock was the first settler in the town. According to a diary of Sanford C. Cox, who in 1824 was one of the first schoolmasters in
2340-527: The town. Generals Edward Canby and John P. Hawkins spent some of their youth in Crawfordsville. General Henry B. Carrington lived in the town after the war and taught military science at Wabash College. Several other future generals were students at Wabash before the war, including Joseph J. Reynolds , John C. Black (brevet brigadier), Speed S. Fry , Charles Cruft , and William H. Morgan. In 1880, prominent local citizen Lew Wallace produced Crawfordsville's most famous literary work, Ben-Hur: A Tale of
2392-424: The traditions of the college were begun and are maintained by the fraternities, both individually and collectively. On average, 50–60% of students belong to one of the campus's ten national fraternities . As of August 1, 2021, the value of Wabash's endowment was approximately $ 400 million, which places Wabash among the richest colleges in the nation in per-student endowment. The endowment was created primarily over
2444-479: Was 1,819.4 inhabitants per square mile (702.5/km ). There were 6,623 housing units at an average density of 790.5 per square mile (305.2/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 94.02% White , 1.61% African American , 0.31% Native American , 0.70% Asian , 0.07% Pacific Islander , 2.39% from other races , and 0.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.25% of the population. There were 6,117 households, out of which 29.2% had children under
2496-557: Was a southern tributary of the Wabash River. They returned a decade later to find at least one cabin had been built in the area. In 1821, William and Jennie Offield had built a cabin on a little creek, later to be known as Offield Creek, four miles (6.4 km) southwest of the future site of Crawfordsville. Whitlock, a Virginian who had served under Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne in the Northwest Indian War , laid out
2548-447: Was at that time threatened with bankruptcy. After his death, he was succeeded by Charles White, a graduate of Dartmouth College and the brother-in-law of Rev. Edmund Otis Hovey (1801–1877), a professor at the college. Joseph F. Tuttle, who became president of Wabash College in 1862 and served for 30 years, worked with his administrators to improve town-gown relations in Crawfordsville. Gronert described him "an eloquent preacher,
2600-584: Was founded in Crawfordsville as "The Wabash Teachers Seminary and Manual Labor College". It was created by Presbyterian missionaries but later became non-sectarian. On December 18, 1833, the Crawfordsville Record carried a paid announcement of the opening of this school. The school is one of only three remaining all-male liberal arts colleges in the country and has a student body of around 900. In 1842, 9-year-old Horace Hovey discovered remarkably well-preserved Pentacrinites or Crinoids along
2652-425: Was initially named The Wabash Teachers Seminary and Manual Labor College , a name shortened to its current form by 1851. Many of the founders were Presbyterian ministers, yet nevertheless they believed that Wabash should be independent and non-sectarian . Patterning it after the liberal arts colleges of New England , they resolved "that the institution be at first a classical and English high school, rising into
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#17327878920402704-452: Was named in 1960, became president of Wabash College and served for 30 years. "He was an eloquent preacher, a sound administrator and an astute handler of public relations." Tuttle, together with his administrators, worked to improve relations in Crawfordsville between "Town and Gown". Several future and past Civil War generals lived in Crawfordsville at different times. Generals Lew Wallace and Mahlon D. Manson spent most of their lives in
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