Stafford, Texas Stafford, Texas Location of Stafford, Texas Location of Stafford, Texas Stafford is a town/city in the U.S.
The town/city is mostly in Fort Bend County, with a small portion in Harris County.
As of the 2010 census, Stafford's populace was 17,693, up from 15,681 at the 2000 census.
On April 15, 1836, amid the Texas Revolution, the forces of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna stopped at Stafford's plantation and ordered it to be burned.
Stafford incorporated as a town/city in 1956. Stafford is positioned in easterly Fort Bend County at 29 37 27 N 95 33 48 W (29.624186, -95.563359). A small portion of the town/city extends northeast into Harris County.
It is bordered by the town/city of Houston to the north, Meadows Place to the northwest, Sugar Land to the west, and Missouri City to the south and east.
The Southwest Freeway (Interstate 69) passes through the northwest part of Stafford, dominant northeast 16 miles (26 km) to the center of Houston and southwest 18 miles (29 km) to Rosenberg.
90 Alternate passes through Stafford as Main Street, dominant west 5 miles (8 km) to Sugar Land and northeast 18 miles (29 km) to the Houston East End.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Stafford has a total region of 7.0 square miles (18.2 km2), of which 7.0 square miles (18.1 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.58%, is water. The town/city of Stafford has a several areas of extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Two ETJ areas are inside the Houston Independent School District, including an region at Beltway 8 and Stafford Road and another region between Beltway 8 and Murphy Road.
Areas in the Fort Bend Independent School District include a portion of the Fifth Street and an region around U.S.
The City of Stafford has avoided annexing these areas, because doing so would give it territory in school districts other than the Stafford Municipal School District (SMSD) and the town/city wants its town/city limits and the SMSD to have the same area.
Even though it is known as a bedroom improve of the greater Houston area, an estimated four times as many citizens work in Stafford on a week day, which is evidence of the large amount of commercial activeness that helps the town/city financially.
Many corporations both large and small, including the United Parcel Service and Tyco, maintain momentous operations in Stafford.
Texas Instruments facility in Stafford: Texas Instruments was Stafford's biggest employer.
Texas Instruments (TI) operates a manufacturing facility in Stafford, where it manufactures 6-inch (150 mm) wafers used in cell phones, high-definition televisions, and solar devices.
The plant first opened in 1967. In 2009, TI, which had around 1,500 employees in its Stafford office amid that year, was the biggest employer in the city. In 2012, the business announced it is method its Stafford plant because trade demand for larger, more efficient wafers increased and the company, in lieu of upgrading the Stafford plant to accommodate manufacturing of larger wafers, opted to shift manufacturing to newer plants. Of the 1,000 employees at the plant amid that year, TI laid off 500 and sent 500 to another facility.
TI stated it plans opening another facility in Greater Houston for the 500 remaining employees. In 2012 TI announced that it was relocating its Fort Bend County operations to the Telfair region in Sugar Land. Stafford City Park, the largest, covers 16 acres (65,000 m2) of land.
The Margaret Havens Historical Memorial Garden is positioned next to Stafford City Hall.
Its rose garden, benches, and fountain have thriving many couples to be married there. Stafford operates a Civic Center and a City Pool in the Municipal Complex.
Fort Bend County operates the 5-acre (20,000 m2) Stafford Community Center in Fifth Street, an unincorporated region near Stafford. Stafford City Hall The Stafford Municipal Complex is positioned in the southern part of the town/city off Staffordshire Road at Constitution Avenue.
The City of Stafford stopped levying nonschool property taxes in 1995.
It is the only Houston-area town/city and is the highest populated town/city in Texas to do so.
The Stafford City Hall, Stafford Police Department, and Municipal Court buildings are positioned on South Main, adjoining to one another. The Stafford Volunteer Fire Department operates out of three fire stations. Stafford is partially positioned in Fort Bend County and partially in Harris County.
Harris County Precinct One, headed by Commissioner Rodney Ellis, serves the section of Stafford in Harris County. Much of Stafford is positioned in District 26 of the Texas House of Representatives.
As of 2012, Charlie Howard represents the district. Some of Stafford is positioned in District 27 of the Texas House of Representatives.
As of 2012, Ron Reynolds represents the district. Most of Stafford is inside District 13 of the Texas Senate represented by Senator Borris L.
Miles. Some of Stafford is inside District 17 of the Texas Senate represented by Senator Joan Huffman. Stafford is in Texas's 22nd congressional district.
Houston Community College System Stafford building Stafford Municipal School District command posts The town/city has the only municipal school precinct (Stafford Municipal School District) in all of Texas.
In 1977, Stafford broke away from the Fort Bend Independent School District, which caused a several rounds of federal litigation; and, by 1981, it was finally declared that the Stafford Municipal School District was constitutional.
Almost all of Stafford was in FBISD, with a minuscule portion in the Houston Independent School District.
All of Stafford is now zoned to the Stafford Municipal School District, which is the only municipal school precinct in Texas that is controlled by the city.
When most of Stafford was a part of Fort Bend ISD, Staffordshire Elementary was positioned in Stafford.
Fort Bend County Libraries has the Mamie George Branch positioned inside the town/city limits of Sugar Land on Dulles Avenue right next to Dulles Middle School. The Mamie George Library, a 4,900 square feet (460 m2) library designed by Wylie W.
The United States Postal Service operates the Stafford Post Office at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive. a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Stafford city, Texas".
Stafford, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online Climate Summary for Stafford, Texas "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Stafford city, Texas".
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