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Welcome to Strafford ...

Strafford is located in Chester County<1>.



Google driving directions from your current location to Strafford (Patience, this may take a moment).


While we don't have a date for the founding of Strafford, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Strafford is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Strafford lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Strafford: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities Also Named Strafford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Strafford - they are located in Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire and Vermont.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Strafford.

Communities near Strafford ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Strafford ...

Looking for more information about Strafford? 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 Strafford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Strafford.

Adding Strafford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Strafford 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 Strafford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Strafford post office opened in 1887.

We also found Strafford in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Strafford.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Strafford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chester County: www.chesco.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Chester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Strafford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Strafford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Strafford area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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