| Stafford, Virginia | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Virginia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Stafford |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.07 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 5,370 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 38.4219°N -77.4083°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 22554, 22556 |
| Area Code: | 540 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Stafford, also known as Stafford Courthouse, is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Stafford County, Virginia, United States.[1] The population was 5,370 as of the 2020 census.[2] It lies 10miles north of Fredericksburg, approximately 40miles south of Washington, D.C., and about 60miles north of Richmond, the state capital. Marine Corps Base Quantico is located north of the community. Stafford Courthouse is located at the intersections of U.S. Route 1 and Courthouse Road.
English sea captain Samuel Argall abducted Pocahontas near this area in April 1613 in an attempt to secure release of some English prisoners held by her father. She married English colonist John Rolfe in 1614. They sailed in 1616 to England where Pocahontas died in 1617.[3] [4]
It was a stop on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in the nineteenth Century; CSX Transportation is the RF&P's successor today.
Accokeek Furnace Archeological Site, Aquia Church, Public Quarry at Government Island, Redoubt No. 2, and Stafford Training School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.