unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. The population was 306 at the 2020 census. It once had a
post office
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, with the ZIP code 45110. The current ZIP code 45171 is for nearby
Sardinia
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.
History
Buford was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...
ted in 1834, and named after the maiden name of the wife of a first settler.
Geography
Buford lies in southwestern Highland County at the intersection of State Routes
134 134 may refer to:
*134 (number)
*AD 134
*134 BC
*134 (MBTA bus)
*134 (New Jersey bus) 134 may refer to:
*134 (number)
*AD 134
*134 BC
*134 (MBTA bus)
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MBTA bus, bus division operates 151 bus routes ...
,
138 138 may refer to:
*138 (number)
*138 BC
*AD 138
*138 (New Jersey bus)
*138 Tolosa
138 Tolosa is a brightly coloured, stony background asteroid from the inner region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by French astronomer Henri Joseph Per ...
, and
321
Year 321 ( CCCXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Crispus and Constantinus (or, less frequently, year 1074 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 3 ...
. Route 134 leads north to Lynchburg and south to Sardinia. Route 138 leads northeast to Hillsboro, the Highland
county seat
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, while Route 321 leads southeast to
Mowrystown
Mowrystown is a village in Highland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 385 at the 2020 census.
History
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.
...
.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...
, the Buford CDP has a total area of , all of it recorded as land.
Demographics
Notable people
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Edmund Wittenmyer
Edmund Wittenmyer (April 25, 1862 − July 5, 1937) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Spanish–American War and World War I, in addition to several other conflicts, he attained the rank of major general and was mos ...
, U.S. Army major general
Gallery
File:Buford1.JPG, Buford community sign
File:Intersection of State Routes 134 and 138 in Buford, Ohio.jpg, Intersection of State Routes 134 and 138
File:Buford2.JPG, Clay Township Meeting Hall and Fire Station #66
File:Buford3.JPG, Clay Township Community Park (formerly Buford Elementary and High School)
File:Buford6.JPG, Buford Church of Christ
File:Buford7.JPG, Buford Community Church
File:Buford8.JPG, Buford Cemetery
File:Buford10.JPG, Bicentennial Corner Marker