Crawfordsville, historically Crawfordville, is a city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 479 at the 2010 census.The late Johnnie Taylor, an important figure in both late 1960s and early 1970s Memphis-based soul as well as more recent blues, was born in Crawfordsville.Fred Smith, a former basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters and the only Green Party member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, serving from District 50, is a Crawfordsville native and a graduate of Crawfordsville High School.Dan Young, an attorney at Rose Law Firm, is originally from Crawfordsville.