 ashford is a townu.s.census change list in houston county, alabama, united states. it is part of the dothan, alabama metropolitan statistical area. for most of its history, it was a center for naval store production, pulpwood harvesting, and cotton agriculture. the population was 1,853 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a city; according to 2005 census bureau estimates, the population was 1,932.  ==geography== ashford is located at  (31.184032, -85.235286).{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=united states census bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=us gazetteer files: 2010, 
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