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Welcome to Stafford ...The city of Stafford is located on the Gulf Coast. Stafford is primarily located in Fort Bend County<1>. A portion of Stafford extends into Harris County. The location of Stafford has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Stafford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Stafford has a population of 17,153 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Stafford is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Stafford lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Stafford is served by one (or more) of the following area codes: (281)<5>, (713) and (832). The ZIP codes for Stafford: 77477, 77497<6> Websites for Stafford ...Official Website: www.cityofstafford.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Stafford had an population of 17,153 people. This is a decrease of 3.05% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 9.39% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Stafford had a population of 17,693 people. This makes Stafford the county's 4th most populous community. The population of Stafford represents 0.07% of the population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 139th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 17,693 people, the population of Stafford increased 12.83% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 15,681 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Stafford. Communities Also Named Stafford ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Stafford - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland (2), Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stafford. Communities near Stafford ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Stafford.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Stafford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stafford. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Stafford. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stafford. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Stafford. See our Newspapers Page for Stafford. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stafford ...Looking for more information about Stafford? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Stafford, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Stafford. Adding Stafford to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Stafford in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Stafford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Stafford in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Stafford. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Stafford: www.cityofstafford.com/ The official website for Fort Bend County: www.co.fort-bend.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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