Buford, Georgia

**Buford** is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia.  Most of the city is in Gwinnett County. A small part of it is in Hall County. In the 2020 census, the city had a population of 17,144.

## History

After the American Civil War a railroad was built that travelled from Atlanta, Georgia to Richmond, Virginia.  While the railroad was being built two railroad stockholders bought land around the railroad, and began building a town.  The town was named after the railroad company's president, Algernon Sidney Buford.  The railroad was completed in 1871, and Buford officially became a town on August 24, 1872.  The Town of Buford was renamed the City of Buford in 1896.

In the later part of the 1800s and the early part of the 1900s Buford became famous for making leather products, including saddles which were sold through the Sears mail order catalog.  Many famous actors during that time period used saddles made by the Bona Allen Company in Buford, including Gene Autry, the case of the television show Bonanza, and Roy Rogers' horse Trigger.

After the Great Depression ended the horses were not used for farming as much and tractors were used instead, which meant that there was less need for leather products, and the companies that made leather in Buford closed.

## Geography

Buford is in north Georgia. It is in the northern part of Gwinnett County and in the southern part of Hall County. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Buford, Georgia
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Buford Georgia Main Street.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **image caption**: Main Street
- **image map**: Gwinnett_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Buford_Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250x200px
- **map caption**: Location of Buford in Gwinnett County, Georgia (left) and of Gwinnett County in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia (right)
- **pushpin map**: Metro Atlanta
- **pushpin label**: Buford
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Metro Atlanta
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Georgia (U.S. state), Counties
- **subdivision name2**: Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett, Hall County, Georgia, Hall
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 47.18
- **area land km2**: 46.96
- **area water km2**: 0.22
- **area total sq mi**: 18.22
- **area land sq mi**: 18.13
- **area water sq mi**: 0.09
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 17144
- **population density km2**: 365.05
- **population density sq mi**: 945.46
- **timezone**: North American Eastern Time Zone, Eastern (EST)
- **utc offset**: -5
- **timezone dst**: EDT
- **utc offset dst**: -4
- **elevation ft**: 1053
- **postal code type**: ZIP codes
- **postal code**: 30515, 30518, 30519
- **area code**: Area code 770, 770, Area code 678, 678
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 13-11784
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 2403950