Stafford County
Also known as Stafford County, Kansas, Stafford County, KS
county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Named after
- Lewis Stafford
- Seat
- St. John
- Largest city
- St. John
- Total
- 795 sq mi (2,060 km )
- Land
- 792 sq mi (2,050 km )
- Water
- 2.9 sq mi (7.5 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 4,005
- Density
- 5.1/sq mi (2.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
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Stafford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is St. John. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,072. The county is named in honor of Lewis Stafford, a captain of Company E, First Kansas Infantry, who died at the Battle of Young's Point during the Civil War.
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