About Stanford
Stanford is a small unincorporated community in southern Indiana.
Officially, Stanford is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.75 square miles.
📰 Stanford News Today
- College Swimming League Announces Locations For Inaugural Season, Final To Take Place In Indianapolis SwimSwam · Aug 17
- How Fever starter Lexie Hull is building FORTA makeup brand from scratch with perfect partner IndyStar · Aug 14
- No. 10 IU Stopped By No. 2 Stanford Indiana University Athletics · Mar 28
- Indiana’s reading recovery ranks sixth in national report Indiana Capital Chronicle · May 20
- Billie Rose (Fuller) Stanford Obituary Apr 21, 2026 Samaritan Affordable Funeral and Cremation Services · Apr 21
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Stanford Unique
- One of 5 places in the US named Stanford — but the Indiana one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southern Indiana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Shirley Springs Cave · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Stanford
- Canyon Forest Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Leonard Springs Nature Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Monroe County Fair Grounds reviews ★
- Wayne Woods Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateIndiana
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.75 sq mi
Coordinates39.0921, -86.6646