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Welcome to Stafford ...

Stafford is located in Custer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stafford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Stafford is 1,590 feet [485 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Stafford lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Stafford: 580

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), Ontario, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, 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.

  • Elk City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Clinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • New Cordell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • New Cordell is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cordell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,708 people
    • New Cordell has also been known as:
    • Cordell
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Cordell <3>
  • Burns Flat
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Arapaho
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Hammon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hammon is located in Roger Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammon <3>
  • Dill City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Canute
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Custer City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Butler
    (7 miles [11.3 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 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Stafford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with 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 (so far) for Stafford was on a map titled Map of Oklahoma (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stafford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Custer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stafford - 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.