William Stafford Texas established a plantation with a cane mill and a horse-powered cotton gin in 1830.
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17 Facts About Stafford Texas
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Stafford Texas rebuilt his plantation and resided there until his 1840 death.
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The settlement, now known as Stafford Texas, operated a post office from 1869 to 1918; the post office reopened in 1929.
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Southwest Freeway passes through northwest Stafford Texas, leading northeast 16 miles to the center of Houston and southwest 18 miles to Rosenberg.
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Stafford Texas's climate is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.
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Areas in the Fort Bend Independent School District include part of Fifth Street and an area around U S Route 90 Alternate, Dulles Avenue, and Avenue E The City of Stafford has avoided annexing these areas, because doing so would give it territory in school districts other than the Stafford Municipal School District and the city wants its city limits and the SMSD to have the same area.
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Stafford Texas is known internationally for attracting valve manufacturing companies; it has 11.
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Stafford Texas has 15 business parks, a shopping center, and 19 hotels and motels.
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Stafford Texas operates a Civic Center and a City Pool in the Municipal Complex.
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Stafford Texas is partly in Fort Bend County and partly in Harris County.
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Much of Stafford is in District 26 of the Texas House of Representatives.
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Some of Stafford is in District 27 of the Texas House of Representatives.
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Some of Stafford is in District 17 of the Texas Senate, represented by Joan Huffman.
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In 1977, Stafford Texas broke away from the Fort Bend Independent School District, which caused several rounds of federal litigation; by 1981, it was declared that the Stafford Texas Municipal School District was constitutional.
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Almost all of Stafford Texas was in FBISD, with a minuscule portion in the Houston Independent School District.
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All of Stafford is zoned to the Stafford Municipal School District, Texas's only municipal school district controlled by the city.
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