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Stamford is a city on the border of Jones and Haskell counties in west-central Texas, United States.The population was 2,907 at the 2020 census. [3] Henry McHarg, president of the Texas Central Railroad, named the site in 1900 for his hometown of Stamford, Connecticut. [4]
The Stamford and Northwestern is a corporation of the State of Texas, having its principal corporate office at Stamford, Tex., and its principal business office at Fort Worth, Tex. The Stamford and Northwestern is controlled by the Colorado and Southern through ownership of the entire outstanding capital stock, except directors' shares.
Stamford High School won state football championships in 1955, 1956, 1958, 2012, and 2013. The team also won the 1959 game over Brady , but was forced to forfeit the game, the first instance in UIL football history (and only one of two such instances) where the championship was later forfeited.
The Greater Houston Partnership (GHP) is the largest chamber of commerce in the Houston area. The Partnership is an economic development organization for the Greater Houston area. The Partnership works to make Houston greater by promoting economic development, foreign trade and investment, and by advocating for efficient and effective ...
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce was founded in Fort Worth, Texas in December 1918. [1] Its first convention took place in Mineral Wells, Texas in 1919. [1] Its first chairman was Colonel Cornelius T. Herring, a rancher, banker and hotelier. [1] It published West Texas Today. [1] It merged with the Texas Chamber of Commerce in Austin, Texas ...
Mayor of Seguin, Texas, from 1928 to 1938 Managing Director of the Lower Colorado River Authority from 1940 to 1955. Maximillian Hugo "Max" Starcke (November 11, 1884 – June 29, 1972) [ 1 ] was a businessman and then a government official in Texas for 37 years, first as Mayor of Seguin, Texas , from 1928 to 1938 and then as Managing Director ...
Warmest: Stamford, Connecticut A city on Long Island Sound records the highest average summer temperatures in Connecticut. Stamford reaches an average of only 63 degrees during the hottest months.
Saint John's Methodist Church is a historic church at S. Ferguson Street in Stamford, Texas. It was built in 1910 and added to the National Register in 1986.