Buford is a town in Gwinnett county and Hall in the US state of Georgia. In the 2010 census, the city has a population of 12,225. Most of the city is in Gwinnett County, which is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta Metropolitan Statistical Area. Parts of the city in Hall County are not part of Atlanta's metropolitan area of ​​statistics, but are part of the larger Joint Statistics Area of ​​Atlanta, which includes Hall County.
The city was founded in 1872 after a railroad was built in an area connecting Charlotte, North Carolina, with Atlanta. Buford was named after Algernon Sidney Buford, who at the time was president of Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway. The urban leather industry, led by Bona Allen Company, as well as its location as a train stop, caused the population to expand during the early 1900s until after the Great Depression ended.
The city operates its own school district, Buford City School District, and has been the birthplace and home of several musicians and athletes. A variety of tourist sites, including museums and community centers, the largest malls in the state of Georgia, the Mall of Georgia, and Lake Lanier Islands are in the Buford area.
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History
Buford appears in historical records beginning in the early 19th century. The area that is now Buford was originally part of the Cherokee area. Despite an agreement in 1817 that surrendered territory to the United States and the formation of the Gwinnett County legislature in 1818, the area was still inhabited by the Cherokee until the 1830s. Indigenous Native Americans migrated to the Buford area in the late 1820s or early 1830s, although the Buford area was not inhabited by them until the 1860s.
During the post-Civil War construction of Richmond and the expanded Danville Railroad System in 1865, railway shareholders Thomas Garner and Larkin Smith bought land around the railroad and began developing the town of Buford. The city is named after Algernon Sidney Buford, who was president of Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway during the construction of the railroad. The city began to grow rapidly around the railroads after it was completed in 1871, and it was incorporated as Buford City on 24 August 1872, and renamed Buford City in 1896.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Buford became renowned for its leather production, becoming very famous associated with the leather industry and earning the nickname "Skin City". Buford became a major producer of leather products, including saddles, horse collars, bridles, and shoes. Buford's leather industry started with a leather worker named R.H. Allen opened a tannery and leather shop in 1868, three years before the completion of the railroad and Buford establishment. Brother R.H. Allen, Bona Allen moved to Buford from Rome, Georgia, in 1872 and founded the Bona Allen Company the following year. The leather industry quickly became the largest industry in the city despite the setbacks of several fires, including the fires of 1903 which destroyed several business buildings and fires in 1906 that destroyed the straw barn and nearly destroyed the horse and horse shoe factories of the city.
The Bona Allen saddle is available through Sears' mail order catalog, and many Hollywood actors use saddles made by Bona Allen Company, including cowboy actor Gene Autry, Bonanza players, and Roy Rogers, who use Bona Allen saddle in his horse Trigger. Statue Roy Rogers and saddle maker Bona Allen saddle located in downtown Buford. The Bona Allen Company grew during the Great Depression of the 1930s, possibly as a result of the Depression forcing farmers to choose more expensive tractor horses, thus increasing the demand for saddles, collars, bridles, and other leather products.
The Bona Allen Company built Tannery Row in downtown Buford as a shoe factory in 1919. After a brief shoe factory strike closed in 1942, though briefly reopened by a request by the federal government during World War II to make footwear for soldiers. After that, the factory closed in 1945. In 2003, Tannery Row became home to the Artist Tanning Colony Artist, which houses galleries and studios for artists.
After the Great Depression, the use of horses for agriculture declined and tractors took their place, and the Bona Allen Company continued to streamline until the tannery was eventually sold to Tandy Corporation in 1968. Buford's leather industry ended after the tannery fired in 1981, when Tandy Corporation decided not to rebuild the tannery and shut down the facility.
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Geography
Buford is located in both Gwinnett County north in northern Georgia, with small portions extending northward to Hall County. The city is a suburb within the metropolitan area of ​​Atlanta. According to the US Census Bureau, in 2010 the city has a total area of ​​17.09 square miles (44.26 km 2 ), which is 17.01 square miles (44.06 km ) is ground and 0.08 square miles (0.20 km 2 ), or 0.44%, is water. The altitude of the city is 1,183 feet (361 m).
The city limits Buford is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of the Eastern Continental Divide. Ridge Road, part of which uses Buford as a mailing address, runs along the Eastern Continental Divide, although the road itself is outside the city limits. Buford's main water supply comes from Lake Lanier, a reservoir on the Chattahoochee River.
Climate
The Buford climate, like most of the southeastern United States, is subtropical moist (CFA) according to the KÃÆ'¶ppen classification, with four seasons including hot and humid summers and cool winters. July is generally the warmest month of the year with an average height of about 87 Â ° F (31 Â ° C). The coldest month is January which has an average height of about 50 ° F (10 ° C). The highest temperature recorded 107Ã, Â ° F (42Ã, Â ° C) in 1952, while the lowest temperature was recorded -8Ã, Â ° F (-22Ã, Â ° C) in 1985.
Buford receives rainfall distributed uniformly throughout the year as typical from the southeast US city, with February on average having the highest average rainfall at 5.3 inches (130 mm), and April is usually the driest month with 3.7 inches ( 94 mm).
Demographics
In 2010 Buford has a population of 12,225. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 65.8% white, 13.8% black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 2.9% Asian, 14.7% reported some other races and 2.5% reported two or more races. 25.5% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 4,016 households, where 33.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7% are married couples living together, 15.3% have unmarried female households, and 31% are not family. 28.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.6% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.35.
The median age was 35.1 years, and there were 5,973 men and 6,252 women.
The average income for households in the city is $ 42,546, and the average income for families is $ 44,797. Men have an average income of $ 31,902 compared to $ 32,218 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 19,905. Approximately 18.1% of families and 23.0% of the population are below the poverty line, including 33.2% of those under the age of 18 and 13.8% of those aged 65 and older.
Economy
Buford, like any other county in Gwinnett County, has a sales tax of 6%, which is a combination of 4% state sales tax and 2% local tax. In 2008, CNN Money placed Buford as number 3 in the "100 best places to live and start a business" list.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Buford's economy was concentrated in both locations as a railway stop and its leather industry, until demand for skin declined and other transportation options became more available during the 1900s, and these industries did not exist again a decent part of Buford's economy in the 1980s.
According to the US Census Survey of the United States Census 2007-2011 estimates 5 years, about 65% of Buford residents aged 16 years or older are in the workforce. Of this amount, about 59% are employed, and 6% are unemployed. Makita electrical appliance manufacturer operates a factory in Buford with 400 employees. The Takeuchi Manufacturing division in North America is located in Buford from 1999 to 2006, when the company moved to a larger facility in Pendergrass, Georgia.
Parks and recreation
Buford has several walking trails throughout the city; over 7 miles (11 km) of accessible trails from Gwinnett Environmental & amp; Heritage Center and Mall of Georgia as well as footpaths in Bogan and Buford Dam parks. Bogan Park also has several baseball fields and playgrounds as well as Bogan Park Community Center and Family Aquatics Center. Buford Dam Park is next to Lake Lanier and has areas for swimming and other recreational activities. In addition to parks run by Gwinnett County there are five city parks located throughout Buford, and a community center, completed in early 2012.
The southern part of Lake Sidney Lanier and Lake Lanier Islands is also located in Buford.
Mall of Georgia is Georgia's largest mall and 36 largest in the United States, with over 200 stores and 20 Regal Cinema and IMAX Theaters. While outside the official city limits of Buford, the mall uses Buford as its mailing address.
Government
Buford City is governed by the city commission government headed by the Chair of the Commission. Phillip Beard has served as Chairman of the Buford Commission since 1975. When Buford City was founded in 1872, a city commission of six commissioners was formed to govern the city. When a new city charter was enacted in 1896 renamed Buford City to Buford Town, the city commission was replaced by a mayor and six councilors. The city council arranged the City of Buford until a new charter was approved on 24 December 1937 which reassigned the city commission government.
The Buford area inside Gwinnett County is part of Georgia's 7th congress district while the Hall County section of Buford belongs to Georgia's 9th congress district. For the state government, the city is part of the 45 and 49 states of the Georgia State Senate, and 97th, 98th and 103rd districts for the Georgia Representative Council.
Education
Buford City operates the Buford City School District for residents living within the city limits, while Gwinnett County Public Schools and Hall County Public Schools operate schools for residents living outside the city limits. The Buford City School District operates two elementary schools, Buford Academy and Buford Elementary, as well as Buford Middle School and Buford High School.
Buford-Sugar Hill Branch from Gwinnett County Public Library located in Buford.
Art and culture
The Gwinnett Environmental & amp; The Heritage Center is a museum and cultural center completed in August 2006 and located in Buford. The center is designed to educate children about water resources and the environment as well as Gwinnett's cultural heritage, including Cherokee culture and Creek districts. The Chesser-Williams House, a historic house believed to precede the 1850s and one of the oldest wood-frame houses in the Gwinnett area, was transferred to the museum to become part of the museum's cultural exhibition.
Buford Community Center is a multi-purpose facility completed in 2012. Located across the street from Buford Town Hall, Buford Community Center features museums, 290-seat theatrical stage, open amphitheater, and several meeting, banquet and wedding rooms.
Media
As part of the Metro Atlanta area, major stations affiliated with the Buford network are WXIA-TV (NBC), WGCL-TV (CBS), WSB-TV (ABC), and WAGA-TV (Fox). WGTV is a local station of the Public Public network in the state of Georgia and is a PBS member station.
Buford is served by Gwinnett's Daily Post , which is the most widely distributed newspaper in Buford as well as Gwinnett district law organ. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Gainesville Times are also distributed in Buford. During the 1800s, the town of Buford had a number of local newspapers including Buford Sheets and Buford Herald , none of which were consistently used extensively in the city. Gwinnett Herald weekly serves Buford until 1885.
Several films have been filmed in and around Buford including the 2010 film Killers , Need for Speed ​​, Blended , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Simple Twist of Fate .
Infrastructure
Transportation
Two major interstate highways pass through Buford: Interstate 85 and Interstate 985 both travel through the city in the northeast-southwest direction in general. Buford is Exit 115 on I-85 and Exit 4 on I-985. Georgia State Route 20 travels through Buford in the northwest-southeast general direction. The US Route 23 travels northeast to Buford before merging first with State Route 20 to the southeast and then with I-985 heading northeast.
The Gwinnett County Transit provides public transportation in Buford and Gwinnett County, and GRTA Xpress operates the Park and Ride at Buford which departs for Atlanta.
The nearest airport is Gwinnett County Airport in Lawrenceville city, a small public airport with a 14 miles (14 miles) tarmac strip from Buford. The nearest major airports are Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, 48 miles (77 km) from Buford and Athens Ben Epps Airport, 53 miles (85 km) away.
Health care
Buford has several family clinics and doctors, including Emory Healthcare clinics and Northside Hospital imaging center, but no major hospital within the city limits. The nearest hospital is Northside Hospital-Forsyth, 9 miles (14 km) away in Cumming. Gwinnett Medical Center and Emory Johns Creek Hospital are both 12 miles (19 km) from Buford, in Lawrenceville and Johns Creek. Northeast Georgia Health System has hospitals in Gainesville and Braselton.
Famous people
Buford has become the birthplace and birthplace of a number of famous individuals, including famous athletes and musicians. Due to its proximity to the Atlanta Falcons training facility in the Flowery Branch, Georgia Buford is home to several Atlanta Falcons players, who have also been trained in and around Buford. Many Buford High School alumni have also played professional sports.
References
External links
- City of Buford's official website
- Buford's history image from the Georgia Digital Library
- Buford Business Alliance
- Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
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