THE STAMFORD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Limestone Plains setting.
Stamford city has 5.96 square miles of land in Haskell County, Jones County. Its Census reference point is in Limestone Plains, within Central Great Plains.
These plains are lower and somewhat more irregular than the High Plains to the west. Their grassland setting includes rolling terrain and a transition toward greater rainfall in the east.
Regional context: Central Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Stamford intersects 2 county geographies: Haskell County, Jones County. A Stamford mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Stamford by land and water
The Census records 6.96 square miles of water within Stamford, or 53.8% of its total area. It is 51.1 percentage points higher than the 2.7% recorded for Texas. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Stamford city has 1.7 times the land area of nearby Haskell city (3.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

