Stafford, Oregon
Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States
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Stafford is an unincorporated community, classified by the county as a hamlet, in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is a census-designated place (CDP).[4] As of the 2020 census, Stafford had a population of 1,895.[5] The community covers approximately 15.7 km2 (3,900 acres)[4] 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.
Stafford, Oregon | |
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Baptist church in Stafford | |
  Stafford Location within the state of Oregon  Stafford Stafford (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 45°22′40″N 122°40′55″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Clackamas |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.33 sq mi (16.39 km2) |
| • Land | 6.27 sq mi (16.24 km2) |
| • Water | 0.058 sq mi (0.15 km2) |
| Elevation | 194 ft (59 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,895 |
| • Density | 302.1/sq mi (116.66/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 97062, 97068 |
| Area codes | 503 and 971 |
| FIPS code | 41-69800 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2584424[2] |
History
Stafford was named by George A. Steel, a prominent Portland pioneer, after his hometown of Stafford, Ohio, in the 1860s.[6] The Stafford School opened in the community in 1892, and the following year the Eastside Electric Railway owned by Steel reached the area.[6] 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.[6] Eventually 830 acres (3.4 km2) were added, but later removed after a court fight that ended in 2001 at the Oregon Court of Appeals.[6] In November 2006, the residents of Stafford voted 344–30 to form a hamlet, the second Oregon community to do so (after Beavercreek).[7]
Wankers Corner
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.[6] 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.[8]
Demographics
Education
Most of the CDP is in the West Linn School District 3J.[10]
Portions of the CDP are in the Lake Oswego School District 7J.[10] Some areas are zoned to Hallinan Elementary School while others are zoned to Westridge Elementary School. Those places feed into Lakeridge Middle School and Lakeridge High School.[11]
