2023 Map of Stafford

About this map

The agricultural landscape of Genesee County is punctuated by numerous crossroads settlements and historic burial grounds, illustrating a long history of local community building. The village of Stafford sits centrally, supported by the Stafford Rural Cem and the nearby Fargo Road Pioneer Cem. The map reveals a fascinating array of localized place names such as Suicide Corners and Texaco Town, which reflect the evolution of road travel and local nomenclature. Waterways like Black Creek, White Creek, and Oatka Creek provide the primary natural drainage across the terrain, while hills like Temperance Hill and Skunk Hill offer modest elevation changes in an otherwise organized grid of farm roads. For genealogists, the density of distinct cemeteries such as Jug City Cem and Oatka Valley Cem provides critical points of reference for tracing family lineage in these rural hamlets.