Stafford County is a portion of that wide stretch of territory of the State of Kansas embraced in the great bend of the Arkansas River. At a point twelve miles south, and thirty miles west of the southwest corner of the county, the river takes a northeasterly direction, which it follows for a distance of about seventy miles, until it reaches a point seven miles north of the center of the north line of Stafford County, when it turns to the southeast, which course it pursues until it reaches a point about twelve miles south and sixty miles east of the southeast corner of the county, from which point its course is almost due south. Stafford County is centrally located in the territory embraced within this bend of the river.

County Seat: St. John, Kansas

Date organized: July 2,1879

County History:

1. Stafford County on Wikipedia 
2. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, Stafford County 

Historic Landmarks, State, National:

1. National and State Register of Historic Places 
2. Quivira National Wildlife Refuge 
3. Stafford County Flour Mills located in Hudson, Kansas 9Hudson Cream Flour)

County Historical Society:

1. Stafford County Historical Society and Museum 
2. St. John Science Museum 

Websites about the county:

1. Stafford County Government 
2. City of Stafford, Kansas 
3. City of St. John, Kansas  | Facebook 
4. City of Hudson, Kansas