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Welcome to Staffords Crossing ...

Staffords Crossing is located in Trinity County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Staffords Crossing: Staffords Xing.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Staffords Crossing for more information about variations on the name of Staffords Crossing.

Staffords Crossing is 2,650 feet [808 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Staffords Crossing is ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Staffords Crossing lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Staffords Crossing ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Staffords Crossing.

  • Hayfork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Peanut
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peanut
    • Peanut is located in Trinity County
  • Wildwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Knob
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Knob. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
    • Knob is located in Shasta County
    • Knob has also been known as:
    • Knob Gulch
  • Douglas City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Junction City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Platina
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Beegum
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beegum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beegum
    • Beegum is located in Shasta County
  • Weaverville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Bar
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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 Staffords Crossing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Staffords Crossing.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Staffords Crossing. 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 Staffords Crossing.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Staffords Crossing. See our Newspapers Page for Staffords Crossing.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Staffords Crossing ...

Looking for more information about Staffords Crossing? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Staffords Crossing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Staffords Crossing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Trinity, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Staffords Crossing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.