Official Name: | Staffordville |
Other Name: | Stafford |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Stafford in Alberta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Lethbridge |
Subdivision Type3: | Quadrant |
Subdivision Name3: | NW |
Leader Title: | Administrative body |
Leader Name: | Lethbridge City Council |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Established Date: | 1900 (village) |
Established Title2: | Annexed |
Established Date2: | 1913 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 967 |
Coordinates: | 49.715°N -112.837°W |
Staffordville, also originally known as Stafford, is a residential neighbourhood in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada that held village status between 1900 and 1913.
Staffordville was founded in the 1890s as a coal mining community.[1] It was named after William Stafford, mining engineer for the North Western Coal and Navigation Company.[2] The Village of Stafford was incorporated in 1900.[1] It was annexed by the City of Lethbridge in 1913.[1]
Staffordville is west of Stafford Drive North and north of 9 Avenue North in northern Lethbridge.[3] The neighbourhoods of Senator Buchanan, St. Edwards, and Stafford Manor are to the south, east, and north respectively.[4]
Staffordville has a population of 967 living in 450 dwellings in the City of Lehtbridge's 2012 municipal census.[1]