Stamford is a city on the affix of Jones and Haskell Counties in west-central Texas. The population was 3,124 at the 2010 census, down from 3,636 at the 2000 census. Henry McHarg, president of the Texas Central Railroad, named the site in 1900 for his hometown of Stamford, Connecticut. The city is home to the Texas Cowboy Reunion.

Stamford is upon U.S. Highway 277 and State Highway 6. Most of the city is in Jones County. The share of the city within Jones County is ration of the Abilene, Texas metropolitan area.

While the town was named by Henry King McHarg for Stamford, Connecticut, the townsite was donated by the intimates of Swante Magnus Swenson. Mr. Swenson was the first Swedish immigrant to Texas. He became one of the largest landowners in Texas, and by 1860, his holdings in West Texas approached 500,000 acres (202,343 ha). These ranches, which encroachment across 12 Texas counties, became known as the SMS Ranches. Later reorganized as the Swenson Land and Cattle Company, it is headquartered in Stamford to this day. Mr. Swenson had two sons, Eric Pierson and Swen Albin, who became known as the Swenson brothers. They ran SMS Ranches, and even developed a Morab horse-breeding program close the city.

Swante M. Swenson is largely held responsible for initiating and supporting Swedish immigration to Texas, starting in 1847. Mr. Swenson assisted Swedish immigrants in imitation of the cost of their passage from Sweden to Texas in clash for their labor. In 1899, the Swenson brothers persuaded Henry McHarg, president of the Texas Central Railroad, to extend the railroad through their land. The brothers after that founded Stamford in 1900 and provided the townsite of 640 acres (259 ha). The town and surrounding Place were later partially decided by immigrants from Sweden. Many of the cotton farmers who moved to the area bought tracts of land from the Swenson brothers. Stamford’s main street is named Swenson.