Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Counties
- Jones , Haskell
- Incorporated city
- 2 January 1900
- Named after
- Stamford, Connecticut
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Total
- 12.92 sq mi (33.46 km )
- Land
- 5.96 sq mi (15.44 km )
- Water
- 6.95 sq mi (18.01 km )
- Elevation
- 1,450 ft (440 m)
- Density
- 487.6/sq mi (188.3/km )
- Demonym
- Stamfordite
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 48-69980
- Website
- www .stamfordtx .org
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Stamford
- Official name
- Stamford
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Haskell County
- Population
- 2907
- Area
- 33.46244
- Elevation
- 492
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Haskell
- Official website
- www.stamfordcoc.org
- Image
- Stamford01 shops with grand theatre.jpg
- Households
- 1276
- Dialing code
- 325
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- postal code
- 79553
- Commons category
- Stamford, Texas
- P8168
- Jonathan Davis
- water as percent of area
- 53.8538
- per capita income
- 20296
- date of incorporation
- 1900-01-02
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Encyclopedic overview
Stamford is a city on the border of Jones and Haskell counties in west-central Texas, United States. The population was 2,907 at the 2020 census. Henry McHarg, president of the Texas Central Railroad, named the site in 1900 for his hometown of Stamford, Connecticut. The city is home to the Texas Cowboy Reunion.
Stamford is on US 277 and SH 6. Most of the city is in Jones County. The portion of the city within Jones County is part of the Abilene Metro Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stamford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.