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History · Buford Township

Buford Township’s post office opened in 1897, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Buford Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2013. Its Register listing is the Fort Buford State Historic Site.

1897first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Buford Township began

When was Buford Township founded?

1897

The Buford Township post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Fort Buford (1867) and Buford (1897), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 116129 years
Founding year: the first Buford Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Buford Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1975
Fort Buford State Historic Site
Fort Buford State Historic Site
Sites
Fort Buford State Historic SiteSite

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Fort Buford
1867–1895
Buford
1897–1975
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Buford
Gone or out of use
Fort BufordmilitaryFort Unionmilitary
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Buford Township
BufordFort Buford

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Sioux TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townYellowstone Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHardscrabble TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTrenton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTri TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Buford Township’s history

What year was Buford Township founded?

The Buford Township post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Buford Township?

One place: the Fort Buford State Historic Site (listed 1975).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.