Sanford is a town in Hutchinson County, Texas, home to about 130 people across 0.1 square miles. Its ZIP code is 79078.
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| Nearest major airport | OKC Will Rogers World Airport (OKC)222 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (AMA)35 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Lubbock, TX149 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Dallas, TX338 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Sanford; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Sanford had 132 residents in the 2020 census, down 35% since 2000.
It’s the 1622nd largest of 1,778 towns in Texas by population.
Hutchinson County grew from 303 residents in 1900 to 20,617 in 2020.
Hutchinson County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 97°F in summer, and winter lows average 21°F. About 19.3 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Sanford Dam, TX weather station (about a mile away).
5,715 jobs at 394 businesses in Hutchinson County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Theaters and performance venues
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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