Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Buford came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Buford in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Buford. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Buford data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Buford:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Place Names in Colorado: Why 700 Communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin
Written by: Dawson, John Frank
J.F. Dawson Publishing Company, 1954
(Document found on Google Books)

Buford is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Buford. See our Misc Page for Buford for more information.