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Stafford, Oregon

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

Stafford, Oregon
Summary

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

FieldValue
nameStafford, Oregon
settlement_typeHamlet and census-designated place
image_skylineStafford Oregon Baptist church.JPG
image_captionBaptist church in Stafford
pushpin_mapUSA Oregon#USA
pushpin_labelStafford
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_captionLocation within the state of Oregon
map_captionLocation within Clackamas county
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Oregon
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Clackamas
unit_prefImperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km216.39
area_land_km216.24
area_water_km20.15
population_as_of2020
population_footnotes
population_total1895
population_density_km2116.66
timezonePacific (PST)
utc_offset-8
timezone_DSTPDT
utc_offset_DST-7
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft194
coordinates
postal_code_typeZIP code
postal_code97062, 97068
area_codes503 and 971
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info41-69800
blank1_nameGNIS feature ID
blank1_info2584424

Stafford is an unincorporated community, classified as a hamlet, in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is a census-designated place (CDP), with a population of 1,577 as of the 2010 census. The community covers approximately 15.7 km2 located in a rough triangle south of Lake Oswego, east of Tualatin, and west of West Linn. Students in the area attend the schools of the West Linn-Wilsonville School District.

History

Stafford was named by George A. Steel, a prominent Portland pioneer, after his hometown of Stafford, Ohio, in the 1860s. The Stafford School opened in the community in 1892, and the following year the Eastside Electric Railway owned by Steel reached the area. Stafford post office operated from 1878 to 1905.

Parts of the Stafford area were proposed to be added to the Portland area's urban growth boundary in 1995. Eventually 830 acre were added, but later removed after a court fight that ended in 2001 at the Oregon Court of Appeals. In November 2006, the residents of Stafford voted 344–30 to form a hamlet, the second Oregon community to do so (after Beavercreek).

Wankers Corner

Wanker's Country Store

In 1895, the Wanker family moved to the area, bought land, and built a store and tavern at the intersection of Stafford and Borland roads. The intersection came to be known as Wankers Corner. Wanker is a German surname (pronounced Wonker), but because the word "wanker" is also a slang term for "masturbator" in British English, Wankers Corner has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.

Demographics

References

References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau.
  2. {{GNIS. 2584424
  3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Stafford CDP, Oregon". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder.
  4. Tims, Dana. (August 24, 2006). "Graphics: Stafford timeline". The Oregonian.
  5. Tims, Dana. (2006-11-22). "Once divided, Stafford unites as a hamlet". [[The Oregonian]].
  6. Parker, Quentin. (2010). "Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places". Adams Media.
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
  8. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau.
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