{"id":3831,"date":"2023-06-06T07:06:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T07:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:16:16","slug":"stafford-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/stafford-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Stafford County, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stafford County is a county in Kansas, United States, on the central Kansas plains between Great Bend and Pratt. It had a population of 4,072 at the 2020 census and covers 795 square miles (2,060 km2) centred near 38\u00b004\u2032N 98\u00b043\u2032W.<\/p>\n

St. John is the county seat and its postal code is 67576. The county has six incorporated cities, three unincorporated communities, and twenty-one civil townships. It observes Central time.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Stafford County<\/h2>\n

Nine named places appear on maps of Stafford County: six incorporated cities and three unincorporated communities (CDP\/Unincorp.). St. John, the seat, sits near the county’s geographic centre; the others are spread along US-50 and US-281.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
St. John<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nSt. John<\/td>\n1,228<\/td>\n67576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stafford<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nStafford<\/td>\n959<\/td>\n67578<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Macksville<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nRose Valley<\/td>\n471<\/td>\n67557<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hudson<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nUnion<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n67545<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seward<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nSouth Seward<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n67570<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Radium<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nAlbano<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n67550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dillwyn<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nFarmington<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neola<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nByron<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zenith<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nYork<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two Stafford County places share a name with a place elsewhere in Kansas — Radium and Zenith are unincorporated crossroads, not to be confused with larger towns of similar names in other counties.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Stafford County is divided into twenty-one civil townships, most named for their earliest settlers or for the county’s namesake. Populations below the city level are not separately published for the smallest townships, so figures are shown only where a township contains the bulk of a listed city.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
St. John<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nSt. John<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stafford<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nStafford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rose Valley<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nMacksville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Union<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nHudson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Seward<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nSeward<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albano<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nRadium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Farmington<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nDillwyn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Byron<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nNeola<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
York<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nZenith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Others: Clear Creek, Cleveland, Douglas, East Cooper, Fairview, Hayes, Lincoln, North Seward, Ohio, Putnam, Richland, West Cooper<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural farmland, no named town<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n