Stafford is an

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, classified as a

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, in

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, United States. It is a

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(CDP), with a population of 1,577 as of the 2010 census. The community covers approximately located in a rough triangle south of

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, east of Tualatin, and west of West Linn. Students in the area attend the schools of the West Linn-Wilsonville School District.

Demographics

History

Stafford was named by George A. Steel, a prominent

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pioneer, after his hometown of

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, in the 1860s. The Stafford School opened in the community in 1892, and the following year the Eastside Electric Railway owned by Steel reached the area. In 1895, the Wanker family moved to the area and bought land where they built a store and tavern, an area later to become Wankers Corner at the intersection of Stafford Road and Borland Road. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. The two buildings currently located at Wanker's Corner are the Wanker's Country Store and the Wanker's Corner Saloon and Cafe. It is not a recognized community; it has never had a post office, nor does it consistently appear on maps of Oregon (although the

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map of Oregon shows it in an inset). The

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classifies Wankers Corner as a "locale": "a place at which there is or was human activity".

Status

Parts of the Stafford area were proposed to be added to the Portland area's urban growth boundary in 1995. Eventually were added, but later removed after a court fight that ended in 2001 at the

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. In November 2006, the residents of Stafford voted 344–30 to form a

, the second Oregon community to do so (after Beavercreek).

References

External links

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Stafford
official page at Clackamas County website
Stafford community website
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