Stratford

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Stratford

Total population

62

Median home value

$69,300

18.5%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$58,125

Stratford$58k

National$74k

Elevation397 m

Land area0.65 km²

Weather45°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates45.32°, -98.30°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Stratford is a town in southern Brown County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 57 at the 2020 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Stratford, SD from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Vanessa Place

writer

LaVerne G. Saunders

American military officer (1903–1988)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in South Dakota

• Prairiewood Village
  14.4 mi away · pop. 474
• Andover
  20.5 mi away · pop. 31
• Pierpont
  26 mi away · pop. 161
• Roslyn
  41.3 mi away · pop. 147
• Hillside Colony
  41.9 mi away
• Blumengard Colony
  42.4 mi away
• Fordham Colony
  42.7 mi away
• Thunderbird Colony
  47.4 mi away
• Eden
  47.6 mi away · pop. 221
• Hitchcock
  47.8 mi away · pop. 91
• Brentwood Colony
  49.8 mi away
• Lake City
  51.5 mi away · pop. 40

Browse all places in South Dakota →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Stratford

The man who caught the storm

Brantley Hargrove · 2018

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Twin Butte Ck, Corson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 171 mi
• Wildfire Duhamel, Pennington, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 203 mi
• Wildfire Potato Creek, Jackson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 222 mi
• Wildfire Potato Creek, Jackson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 222 mi
• Wildfire Fairpoint, Meade, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 225 mi
• Wildfire XU Hill, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 234 mi
• Wildfire Needles, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-09-04 · 242 mi
• Wildfire Rancher fire, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 242 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).