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Where is Stamford, Texas? Stamford, Texas is located at Latitude 33.02153 and Longitude -99.642237. Stamford is in the Central (GMT -06:00) time zone. Telephone area codes in Stamford include 325. This hometown does use daylight savings time. Stamford, Texas is situated in Jones County. Jones County has an average elevation of 1731 feet. Please explore this site for detailed population, demographic and housing data for Stamford, Texas and Jones County.

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How did Stamford, Texas get its name?

According to the late Inez Rollins, who was raised in her parents' boarding house close to the old train station on East Reynolds, a rilroad executive named McHarg from Stamford, Conn. named Stamford after his home town. Oliver, Reynolds, Hamilton, Vanderbilt, Wells, and Colombia streets were all named for railroad executives or places back east. - Jacquelyn A.

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