diff --git a/gerrychain/graph/graph.py b/gerrychain/graph/graph.py
index da03ec10..bfbecfc2 100644
--- a/gerrychain/graph/graph.py
+++ b/gerrychain/graph/graph.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def from_file(
             reproject=reproject,
             ignore_errors=ignore_errors
         )
-
+        graph.graph["crs"] = df.crs.to_json()
         return graph
 
     @classmethod
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ def from_geodataframe(
         networkx.set_node_attributes(graph, name="area", values=areas)
 
         graph.add_data(df, columns=cols_to_add)
+        graph.graph["crs"] = df.crs.to_json()
         return graph
 
     def lookup(self, node, field):
diff --git a/tests/test_make_graph.py b/tests/test_make_graph.py
index f798cc9d..e7c1a5c8 100644
--- a/tests/test_make_graph.py
+++ b/tests/test_make_graph.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import pandas
 import pytest
 from shapely.geometry import Polygon
+from pyproj import CRS
 
 from gerrychain.graph import Graph
 from gerrychain.graph.geo import GeometryError
@@ -245,3 +246,13 @@ def test_data_and_geometry(gdf_with_data):
     assert (graph.data["data"] == df["data"]).all()
     #graph.add_data(df[["data2"]])
     assert list(graph.data.columns) == ["data", "data2"]
+
+
+def test_make_graph_from_dataframe_has_crs(gdf_with_data):
+    graph = Graph.from_geodataframe(gdf_with_data)
+    assert CRS.from_json(graph.graph["crs"]).equals(gdf_with_data.crs)
+
+def test_make_graph_from_shapefile_has_crs(shapefile):
+    graph = Graph.from_file(shapefile)
+    df = gp.read_file(shapefile)
+    assert CRS.from_json(graph.graph["crs"]).equals(df.crs)
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