Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Stafford, OR

Stafford is an unincorporated community, classified by Clackamas County as a hamlet, and a census-designated place in Clackamas County, Oregon, covering approximately 3,900 acres in a rough triangle south of Lake Oswego, east of Tualatin, and west of West Linn.

At the 2020 census Stafford had a population of 1,895, and the CDP covers 6.33 square miles at an elevation of 194 feet.

Stafford was named by George A. Steel, a prominent Portland pioneer, after his hometown of Stafford, Ohio, in the 1860s, its school opened in 1892, the Eastside Electric Railway owned by Steel reached the area in 1893, and its post office operated from 1878 to 1905.

In November 2006 Stafford residents voted 344 to 30 to form a hamlet, making Stafford the second Oregon community to do so after Beavercreek.

Parts of the Stafford area were proposed for addition to the Portland area's urban growth boundary in 1995, and 830 acres were added but later removed after a court fight that ended in 2001 at the Oregon Court of Appeals.

Wankers Corner, at the intersection of Stafford and Borland roads, takes its name from the Wanker family, who moved to the area in 1895 and built a store and tavern there, and the German surname, pronounced Wonker, has put the corner on lists of unusual place names.

Students in the Stafford area attend schools of the West Linn-Wilsonville School District, while portions of the CDP are in the Lake Oswego School District, with some areas zoned to Hallinan or Westridge elementary schools feeding into Lakeridge Middle School and Lakeridge High School.

Stafford's ZIP codes are 97062 and 97068.

With 1,895 residents in 6.33 square miles, Stafford has a population density of 302.1 people per square mile.

Stafford is a hamlet and census-designated place rather than an incorporated city, so it has no city government of its own.