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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]
^Stamford was stripped of the 1959 Class AA state football championship by the UIL resulting in Brady winning by forfeit 2-0. (the actual score was 19-14 Stamford). This was the first and (as of 2008) one of only two instances where a Texas state football championship was awarded via forfeit. [7]
State Highway 283 (SH 283) is a Texas state highway that runs from U.S. Highway 380 at Old Glory southeast to U.S. Highway 277 near Stamford.This route was originally designated on September 26, 1939 from the Oklahoma state line south through Quanah, Crowell, Benjamin, and Rule to Sagerton as a renumbering of part of SH 16 (the original plan was for this to keep the SH 16 number, and SH 283 to ...
State Highway 92 (SH 92) is a state highway that runs 38 miles (61 km) between Stamford and Rotan, Texas. Historic SH 92. SH 92 was originally designated in 1923-1924 from Bronson to Hemphill. SH 92 was also designated on March 17, 1924, between Stamford and Hamlin. [2] For 3 months, there were two highways numbered SH 92.
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.
Lake Stamford, a reservoir formed by Stamford Dam, is located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Stamford, Texas, in southeastern Haskell County. The lake had a storage capacity in 1999 of 51,573 acre-feet (63,614,000 m 3 ) and drains an area of 368 square miles (950 km 2 ).
The 2021 Stamford mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021. Incumbent Democratic mayor David Martin sought re-election to a third term in office, but lost renomination to state representative Caroline Simmons. Simmons, who was also endorsed by the Independent Party, faced unaffiliated candidate Bobby Valentine. [1]
Charles Walter Stenholm (October 26, 1938 – May 17, 2023) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician from a rural district of the state of Texas.After establishing himself as owner-operator of a large cotton farm, he entered politics and was elected to Congress in his first run for office.