THE BUFORD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Inner Piedmont setting.
Buford city has 19.1 square miles of land in Gwinnett County, Hall County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Inner Piedmont, within Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Buford intersects 2 county geographies: Gwinnett County, Hall County. A Buford mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Buford by land and water
The Census records 0.09 square miles of water within Buford, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 2.4 percentage points lower than the 2.9% recorded for Georgia. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Buford city has 158.8 times the land area of nearby Rest Haven town (0.12 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

