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A Little About Stafford, TX
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 city is home to the Texas Cowboy Reunion.
Stamford is on US 277 and SH 6. Most of the city is in Jones County. The portion of the city within Jones County is part of the Abilene Metro Area.
William Stafford established a plantation with a cane mill and a horse-powered cotton gin in 1830. On April 15, 1836, during the Texas Revolution, the forces of Antonio López de Santa Anna stopped at Stafford’s plantation and ordered it burned. Stafford rebuilt his plantation and resided there until his 1840 death. A settlement called “Stafford’s Point” was established around the plantation; it became a townsite in August 1853, when the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway began stopping there. Stafford’s Point had a post office from 1854 to 1869. “Staffordville” had a post office from January 5 to February 26, 1869. The settlement, now known as Stafford, operated a post office from 1869 to 1918; the post office reopened in 1929.
More history of Stafford under the official site at the bottom
Key Pollution Challenges in Stafford
CEMEX Concrete Plant | CLICK HERE
Texas Industries Inc | CLICK HERE
Temporary Burston Footbridge | CLICK HERE
Scheme to tackle flooding in Cannock completed | CLICK HERE
Bridge strengthening work makes good progress in South Staffordshire | CLICK HERE
Water level lowered for reservoir work | CLICK HERE
Other Information | CLICK HERE
Stafford Resource Links
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Air pollution is one of the most alarming threats to life expectancy and the quality of life in communities of color. While the nation, as a whole, has reported lower levels of toxic air exposure, the opposite holds true for many historically African- American and Hispanic American communities.
As the number of breathing-related illnesses and deaths have spiked. In these communities, air pollution is exacerbated by the lack of green infrastructure and resident proximity to major road transport, airports, and smokestacks that generate greenhouse gases, and many industrial activities that emit hazardous pollutants.
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