1817Government
Despite the treaty in 1817 that ceded the territory to the United States and Gwinnett County's legislative establishment in 1818, the area was still largely inhabited by the Che...
1865Military
During the post-Civil War construction of the extended Richmond and Danville Railroad System in 1865, railroad stockholders Thomas Garner and Larkin Smith purchased land around ...
1868Infrastructure
Allen opening a harness shop and tannery in 1868, three years before the completion of the railway and the founding of Buford.
1871Government
The town began rapidly expanding around the railway after its completion in 1871, and it was incorporated as the Town of Buford on August 24, 1872, and renamed the City of Bufor...
1872Government
The city was founded in 1872 after a railroad was built in the area connecting Charlotte, North Carolina, with Atlanta.
1885History
The weekly Gwinnett Herald served Buford until 1885.
1896Government
When a new city charter was enacted in 1896 that renamed the Town of Buford to the City of Buford, the city commission was replaced with a mayor and six councilmen.
1919Architecture
The Bona Allen Company constructed Tannery Row in downtown Buford as a shoe factory in 1919.
1925Sports
Roy Carlyle, who was a Major League Baseball outfielder between 1925 and 1926 for the Washington Senators (1925), Boston Red Sox (1925–26), and New York Yankees (1926), was born...
1937Government
The city council governed the City of Buford until a new charter was approved on December 24, 1937, that re-established the city commission government.
1942Military
After a brief employee strike the shoe factory was closed in 1942, although it was briefly reopened by the request of the federal government during World War II to make footwear...
1945Military
Afterwards, the factory closed in 1945.
1952History
The highest recorded temperature was 107 °F (42 °C) in 1952, while the lowest recorded temperature was −8 °F (−22 °C) in 1985.
1967Infrastructure
Until 1967 or 1968 the Southern Railway was running an unnamed northbound successor train to its Peach Queen that made a flag stop in Buford.
1968Economy
After the Great Depression the use of horses for farming decreased and tractors took their place, and the Bona Allen Company steadily downsized until the tannery was eventually ...
1971Infrastructure
As late as 1971 the Southern Railway's Piedmont made a southbound stop in Buford on a Washington-Atlanta running passenger run.
1975History
Phillip Beard has served as Buford's Commission Chairman since 1975.
1981Disaster
Buford's leather industry ended after the tannery experienced a fire in 1981, when the Tandy Corporation decided not to rebuild the tannery and closed the facility.
1999Economy
The North American division of Takeuchi Manufacturing was located in Buford from 1999 until 2006, when the company moved to a larger facility in Pendergrass, Georgia.
2001Sports
Professional baseball player Jerry McQuaig died in 2001.
2003Culture
In 2003 Tannery Row became home to the Tannery Row Artist Colony, which houses galleries and studios for artists.
2006Architecture
== Arts and culture ==
The Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center is a museum and cultural center completed in August 2006 and is located in Buford.
2008Culture
In 2008, CNN Money ranked Buford as number 3 in its annual "100 best places to live and start a business" list.
2010Economy
Several movies have been filmed in and around Buford including the 2010 film Killers, Need for Speed, Blended, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and A Simple Twist of Fate.
2012Architecture
In addition to the parks run by Gwinnett County there are five city parks located throughout Buford, and a community center, which was completed in early 2012.
2020History
== Demographics ==
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 17,144 people, 5,003 households, and 3,607 families residing in the city.
2021Culture
== References ==
== External links ==
City of Buford official website
Historical images of Buford from the Digital Library of Georgia Archived February 8, 2021, at the Wayback...