Stafford County, Kansas
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 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Named after | 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 (2020) | |
• 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. 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.