Stafford, Virginia | |
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 Aerial view of Stafford | |
 Location inStafford County and the state ofVirginia. | |
| Coordinates:38°25′19″N77°24′30″W / 38.42194°N 77.40833°W /38.42194; -77.40833 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Stafford |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.27 sq mi (11.07 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,370 |
| • Density | 1,260/sq mi (485/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 22554, 22556 |
| Area code | 540 |
Stafford, also known asStafford Courthouse, is acensus-designated place in and thecounty seat ofStafford County, Virginia, United States.[1] The population was 5,370 as of the2020 census.[2] It lies 10 miles (16 km) north ofFredericksburg, approximately 40 miles (64 km) south ofWashington, D.C., and about 60 miles (97 km) north ofRichmond, the state capital.Marine Corps Base Quantico is located north of the community. Stafford Courthouse is located at the intersections ofU.S. Route 1 and Courthouse Road.
English sea captainSamuel Argall abductedPocahontas near this area in April 1613 in an attempt to secure release of some English prisoners held by her father. She married English colonistJohn Rolfe in 1614. They sailed in 1616 to England where Pocahontas died in 1617.[3][4]
It was a stop on theRichmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in the nineteenth Century;CSX Transportation is the RF&P's successor today.
Accokeek Furnace Archeological Site,Aquia Church,Public Quarry at Government Island,Advanced Courthouse Road Redoubt, andStafford Training School are listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.[5]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 5,370 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[6] 2010[7] 2020 | |||
Stafford Courthouse was first listed as acensus designated place in the2010 U.S. census.[7]
Stafford (Virginia) travel guide from WikivoyageMunicipalities and communities ofStafford County, Virginia,United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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