Continue to Select a Major City below located in Crawford County, KS to find more Summer Camps in that City:
Crawford County is a county located in southeastern Kansas in the United States . As of the 2010 census , the county population was 39,134. Its county seat is Girard , and its most populous city is Pittsburg . The county was named in honor of Samuel J. Crawford , Governor of Kansas . The Pittsburg Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Crawford County. Crawford County, and much of southeast Kansas, was founded on coal mining, the Pittsburg-Weir Coalfield being located here, and is still known for mining today. Pittsburg State University is located in Crawford County.
On Sunday, May 4, 2003, a strong and violent F4 tornado touched down in western Crawford County, several miles west of Frontenac at around 4:40 p.m. The tornado remained on the ground throughout Crawford County until it entered neighboring Barton County , Missouri —traveling a total of 35 miles and ending near Liberal , Missouri . The towns of Ringo, Franklin, and Mulberry , all in Crawford County, were devastated. The tornado cut a path of destruction roughly one quarter mile wide. Several F4 and F5 tornadoes hit Kansas , Missouri , and several other states that day, including the Kansas City metropolitan area . Six deaths were reported in Kansas, and Governor Sebelius declared much of eastern and southeastern Kansas a disaster area, including Crawford County.
