Buford
Buford is an unincorporated community in Williams County, North Dakota, United States. It is the nearest community to the Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 133 residents
- Description: unincorporated community in North Dakota
- Also known as: “Buford, ND” and “Buford, North Dakota”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Buford and Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site.
Fort Buford
Park
Photo: FlintWestwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Buford was a United States Army Post at the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers in Dakota Territory, present day North Dakota, and the site of Sitting Bull's surrender in 1881.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort
Photo: Xerxes2004, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is a partial reconstruction of the most important fur trading post on the upper Missouri River from 1829 to 1867. Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is situated 2½ miles west of Buford.
Buford
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Buford Township, Williams, North Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.99863° or 47° 59′ 55″ northLongitude
-103.99132° or 103° 59′ 29″ westPopulation
133Elevation
1,952 feet (595 metres)Open location code
85VRX2X5+FFOpenStreetMap ID
node 151700340OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5688231Wikidata ID
Q4986027
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Irish—“Buford” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Buford”
- Chinese: “比福德 (北達科他州)”
- Chinese: “比福德”
- French: “Buford”
- Irish: “Buford”
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Notable Places Nearby
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