Staffelbach, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Staffelbach, Aargau, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The municipality of Staffelbach is in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The village is located in the middle Suhrental. Staffelbach was merged with the municipality of Wittwil in 1901.

Staffelbach (as of 2009) has an area of 8.94 km² (3.45 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 53.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 39.1% - forested
 * 7.0% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.6% - either rivers or lakes

History
Around 1150, Staffelbach was first mentioned by the name of Stafelbach (this is a translation from the 16th century). In 1220, it was mentioned by the name of Staphelbach.

In 1901, Staffelbach was merged with the municipality of Wittwil.

The population history of Staffelbach is: 1764 - 364 inhabitants 1850 - 827 inhabitants 1900 - 684 inhabitants (includes Wittwil) 1950 - 745 inhabitants 1975 - 777 inhabitants 1980 - 748 inhabitants 1990 - 883 inhabitants 2000 - 1,015 inhabitants 2020 - 1,309 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 16.9% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 69.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.61% belonged to the Christian Catholic faith

Staffelbach has always belonged to the parish of Schöftland.

Church Records
Staffelbach belongs to the parish of Schöftland. See Schöftland for more information.

Census
(See here for information regarding Aargau census records.)

Wittwil was a separate municipality until 1901, when it became part of Staffelbach. During these censuses, it was enumerated separately. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Staffelbach and Wittwil:

Staffelbach

 * 1837 (images 159-177)
 * 1850: Form A (images 138-158)
 * 1850: Form B (image 159)

Wittwil

 * 1837 (images 177-188)
 * 1850: Form A (images 257-270)
 * 1850: Form B (image 271)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Staffelbach prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Bern (GHGB)