Editing Stafford, Texas (section)

==History==
William Stafford established a plantation with a [[sugarcane|cane mill]] and a horse-powered [[cotton gin]] in 1830. On April 15, 1836, during the [[Texas Revolution]], the forces of [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]] stopped at Stafford's plantation and ordered it burned. Stafford rebuilt his plantation and resided there until his 1840 death. A settlement called "Stafford's Point" was established around the plantation; it became a townsite in August 1853, when the [[Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway]] began stopping there. Stafford's Point had a post office from 1854 to 1869. "Staffordville" had a post office from January 5 to February 26, 1869. The settlement, now known as Stafford, operated a post office from 1869 to 1918; the post office reopened in 1929.<ref name="Handbook">{{Handbook of Texas|id=hgs15|name=Stafford, Texas}}</ref>

In 1884, Stafford had 50 residents, two general stores, and a grocer. By 1896, it had a population of 300. By 1914, the population fell to 100. In 1931, 320 people lived in Stafford. This increased to 400 in 1946. Stafford incorporated as a city in 1956.<ref name="Handbook"/>