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Stamps is a town in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,131 at the 2000 census.
Stamps was the shop headquarters for the former Louisiana and Arkansas Railway until the relocation in the early 1920s to Minden, Louisiana.
Stamps is located at 33°21′35″N 93°29′51″W / 33.35972°N 93.4975°W / 33.35972; -93.4975 (33.359695, -93.497495).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.3 km). 3.1 square miles (8.0 km) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km) of it (2.54%) is water.
The town was named for settler James Hardy Stamps.
Stamps was the childhood home of author Maya Angelou, and was depicted in her book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
From 1948-1950, the former professional football player George Doherty coached at Stamps High School and turned a winless team into two district championships and a second-place finish statewide.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,131 people, 830 households, and 541…
