Great Plains
North Dakota
Williams

Fort Buford

Fort Buford was a United States Army Post at the confluence of the and rivers in Dakota Territory, present day , and the site of Sitting Bull's surrender in 1881.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: former American Army post in Williams County, North Dakota
  • Also known as: “Fort Buford State Historic Site”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site.

Fort
Photo: Xerxes2004, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a partial reconstruction of the most important fur trading post on the upper from 1829 to 1867. is situated 2 miles northwest of Fort Buford.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buford.

Village
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is the nearest community to the .

Fort Buford

Latitude
47.98634° or 47° 59′ 11″ north
Longitude
-104.00198° or 104° 0′ 7″ west
Elevation
1,906 feet (581 metres)
Open location code
85VQXXPX+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 500232208
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
5689155
Wiki­data ID
Q13634816
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Satellite Map

Discover Fort Buford from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Indonesian—“Fort Buford” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “布福德堡”
  • Danish: “Fort Buford”
  • French: “fort Buford”
  • French: “Fort Buford”
  • Indonesian: “Fort Buford”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Nohly and Snowden.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Buford Cemetery and Mondak Cemetery.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Buford”. Photo: FlintWestwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.