Stanford is a small riverside village in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Located 16 km east of Herm…Stanford is a small riverside village in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Located 16 km east of Hermanus and 22 km north-east of Gansbaai. The village of Stanford was founded in 1857 and named after its founder, Sir Robert Stanford, who owned the original farm and had a number of business interests in the area. Stanford, also a captain in the British army, was effectively exiled from the Cape after being ordered to supply the convict carrying ship, The Neptune, with provisions during the Convict crisis of 1849.