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Stafford County is centrally located in the territory embraced within this bend of the river. It is in the third tier of counties from the south line of the State, and in the first tier west of a central line drawn through the State from north to south. The county seat is 180 miles east of the west line of the State, and 220 miles west of the east line. The county is bounded on the north by Barton County, on the south by Pratt, on the east by Reno and Rice, and on the west by Edwards and Pawnee Counties. It contains 506,880 acres, or 792 square miles, and, for municipal purposes, is divided into twelve civil townships, and for local government into three Commissioner districts.₁

Organized in 1873. County seat St. John. In memory of Lewis Stafford, Captain of Company E, First Kansas Infantry, who was accidentally killed at Young's Point, La., January 31, 1863.₂

1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Cemeteries
Deeds
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Allen, L.G. And J.W. - Cruse, Samuel And Jennie May 4, 1885	4K	Mar 2007	Ron Reid
Cruse, Henry - Brookman, Stephen H. January 22, 1883	2K	Aug 2007	Ronald Reid
Cruse, John H. - Arthur, Chester A. September 10, 1883	3K	Aug 2007	Ronald Reid
Cruse, Samuel S. - Arthur, Chester A. September 30, 1882	3K	Mar 2007	Ron Reid
Milton, Robert L. - Cruse, Samuel S. And Jane P. January 26, 1888	4K	Mar 2007	Ron Reid
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Stafford County Medical Directory 1920	3K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Military Records
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	4 kb	Oct 1997	Mike Sweeney
Obituaries
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Chadd, Holly Sylvester 1918	1K	Dec 2007	Joy Fisher
Gillispie, George W. February 7, 1887	1K	Mar 2008	Richard Johnson
Groves, John Newton May 29, 1905	2K	Dec 2007	Anita Woodard
Photos of Documents
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Stewart, Abbie & Groves, John Marrige Certificate 1882	Image 90K	Nov 2007	Anita Woodard
Photos of Persons
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Groves, Abbie Martha McNeil Stewart	Image 95K	Dec 2007	Anita Woodard
Groves, John Newton	Image 46K	Nov 2007	Anita Woodard
Photos of Tombstones
Peace Creek Cemetery
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Woodard, Anita	Image 108K	Nov 2007	Anita Woodard

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