[2] The town is along the eastern approach to Sherman Hill Summit, the highest point along all of the transcontinental Interstate 80, Lincoln Highway and the Overland Route.

[3] Buford is also an access to reach the Ames Monument, which marks the highest point along the original routing of the First transcontinental railroad.

A Chicago Tribune article from 2012 stated that the locale began as a military outpost during the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, but shrank when the fort moved to Laramie.

[citation needed] Don Sammons moved to Buford from California in 1980 with his wife and son.

[6][10] The town was put up for auction on April 5, 2012, with the highest bid of $900,000 having been made by two then-unidentified Vietnamese men.