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Communities Also Named Buford ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Buford.

Within Alberta, the name Buford is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Buford [Etowah County].
    • Arkansas
      • Baxter County
      • This Buford is located in Baxter County and lies 1,565 miles [2,518.6 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baxter County community of Buford.
    • Colorado
      • Rio Blanco County
      • This Buford is located in Rio Blanco County and lies 962 miles [1,548.2 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Blanco County community of Buford.
    • Georgia
      • Gwinnett County
      • This Buford is located in Gwinnett County and lies 1,968 miles [3,167.2 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Buford.
    • Kentucky
      • Ohio County
      • This Buford is located in Ohio County and lies 1,678 miles [2,700.5 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Buford.
    • Mississippi
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Buford [Marion County].
    • Montana
      • Mineral County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Buford [Mineral County].
    • North Dakota
      • Williams County
      • This Buford is located in Williams County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williams County community of Buford.
    • Ohio
      • Highland County
      • This Buford is located in Highland County and lies 1,719 miles [2,766.5 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Buford.
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster County
      • This Buford is located in Lancaster County and lies 2,059 miles [3,313.6 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Buford.
    • Texas
      • El Paso County
      • This Buford is located in El Paso County and lies 1,539 miles [2,476.8 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Buford.
      • Mitchell County
      • This Buford is located in Mitchell County and lies 1,574 miles [2,533.1 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mitchell County community of Buford.
    • Virginia
      • Nelson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Buford [Nelson County].
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Buford is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 2,007 miles [3,230 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Buford.
    • Wyoming
      • Albany County
      • This Buford is located in Albany County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Buford.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Buford ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Fern Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fisher Home
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher Home came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Home
  • Golden Days
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Days came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Days
  • Grandview
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Mission Beach
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Beach
  • Pipestone
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pipestone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipestone
  • Poplar Bay
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Silver Beach
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Sundance Beach
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sundance Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Beach
  • Sunnybrook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnybrook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
  • Woodland Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

How Far From Buford to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Buford to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Buford and extending to:

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Buford to Edmonton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,778 miles [2,861.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 101 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,272 miles [10,093.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,038 miles [11,326.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,128 miles [8,252.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Buford could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.2500, Longitude: -113.9167    
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Buford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Buford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.155 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.106 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.493 degrees.




 

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