Stafford County | |
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![]() Stafford County Museum in Stafford (2017) | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of Kansas | |
![]() Kansas's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 38°04′00″N 98°43′00″W / 38.0667°N 98.7167°W | |
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Founded | 1879 |
Named for | Lewis Stafford |
Seat | St. John |
Largest city | St. John |
Area | |
• Total | 795 sq mi (2,060 km2) |
• Land | 792 sq mi (2,050 km2) |
• Water | 2.9 sq mi (8 km2) 0.4% |
Population | |
• Total | 4,072 |
• Density | 5.1/sq mi (2.0/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | 4th |
Website | StaffordCounty.org |
Stafford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.[2] Its county seat is St. John. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,072.[1] 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 American Civil War.[3]