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Stamps is a town in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,131 at the 2000 census. A post office has been in operation in Stamps since 1887.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Lafayette County )〕 Stamps was the shop headquarters for the former Louisiana and Arkansas Railway until the relocation in the early 1920s to Minden in Webster Parish in north Louisiana.〔"Connell Fort Dies Saturday Night at His Residence Here: Was Great Civic Worker and Builder of This town," ''Webster Signal-Tribune'', March 5, 1937, pp. 1, 6〕 Stamps has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. According to the postmaster Stamps is "the only town in the U.S. that stamps Stamps on stamps."〔 ==History== 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stamps, Arkansas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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