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History · Buford

Buford’s post office opened in 1837, and 82% of its homes were built before 1940

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82%homes built before 1940
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How Buford began

When was Buford founded?

1837

The Buford post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 306189 years
Founding year: the first Buford post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Buford’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Buford are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Buford’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1837: 189 years of Buford.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Buford’s history is told.

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The story

How Buford came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Buford.

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Buford was platted in 1834, and named after the maiden name of the wife of a first settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Buford, decade by decade

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Buford

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Archelaus D. MarshPolitician from Celina, Ohio, United States · b. 1844
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Edmund WittenmyerMajor General, US Army · b. 1862

Questions about Buford’s history

What year was Buford founded?

The Buford post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.