Spofford may refer to: *

Spofford, New Hampshire Spofford is an unincorporated community in the northeastern part of the town of Chesterfield in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. It is situated at the outlet of Spofford Lake and is located along New Hampshire Route 9A. While no pop ...

Spofford Lake Spofford Lake is a body of water in the town of Chesterfield in southwestern New Hampshire, United States. Water from Spofford Lake flows via Partridge Brook to the Connecticut River. In 2005 the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department named it th ...

Spofford Juvenile Center Hunts Point is a neighborhood located on a peninsula in the South Bronx of New York City. It is the location of one of the largest food distribution facilities in the world, the Hunts Point Cooperative Market. Its boundaries are the Bruckner Ex ...

, New York City *

Spofford, Texas Spofford is a city in Kinney County, Texas, United States. The population was 95 at the 2010 census. Geography Spofford is located in southern Kinney County at (29.172681, –100.411388). It is on the east side of Texas State Highway 131, whi ...

* ''Spofford'' (play), a 1967 play

People with the surname

Ainsworth Rand Spofford Ainsworth Rand Spofford (September 12, 1825 – August 11, 1908) was an American journalist, prolific writer and the sixth Librarian of Congress. He served as librarian from 1864 to 1897 under the administration of ten presidents. A great admir ...

(1825–1908), Librarian of Congress, 1864–1897 *

Charles Spofford Charles Merville Spofford CBE (November 17, 1902 – March 23, 1991) was an American lawyer who held posts in NATO and on the boards of numerous arts organizations. Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, he was graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale Universi ...

(1902–1991), lawyer *

Edward Spofford Fredrick Newton Arvin (August 25, 1900 – March 21, 1963) was an American literary critic and academic. He achieved national recognition for his studies of individual nineteenth-century American authors. After teaching at Smith College in ...

, American professor of literature *

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (April 3, 1835 – August 14, 1921) was an American writer of novels, poems and detective stories. One of the United States's most widely-published authors, her career spanned more than six decades and included ...

(1835–1921), American writer *

Henry M. Spofford Henry Martyn Spofford (September 8, 1821 – August 20, 1880) was a judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court, born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, Gilmanton, New Hampshire. He graduated from Amherst College and relocated to Louisiana, in 1845, where he p ...

(1821–1880), 19th-century Louisiana politician *

Sally Hoyt Spofford Sally Hoyt Spofford ( Sarah Elizabeth Foresman; April 11, 1914 – October 26, 2002) was an American ornithologist who was long associated with the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. In retirement, she was involved in conservation and birding in ...

(1914–2002), American ornithologist * William B. Spofford (1921–2013), Episcopal bishop

People with the surname

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