Buford

Buford is a city in Gwinnett and Hall counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 12,225. Buford is part of the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Marietta, GA-AL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Buford is located at 34°7′1″N 83°59′55″W / 34.11694°N 83.99861°W / 34.11694; -83.99861 . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.8 square miles , of which, 14.7 square miles of it is land and 0.1 square miles of it is water. The Mall of Georgia, the... largest mall in Georgia, while outside the official Buford city limits, uses Buford as its mailing address. In 2008, CNN Money ranked Buford as number 3 in its 100 best places to live and start a business.. In a bid to host the lunch stop on the new Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railway, the town was named after the railway president, Algernon S. Buford, winning the lucrative stopping point. Buford, at the extreme northern end of Gwinnett County, Georgia, is the address for the largest shopping mall in the state of Georgia—the Mall of Georgia, and Lake Lanier .
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