Rest Haven is a town primarily in northern Gwinnett and partly in southern Hall counties in the U.S. state of Georgia.

Rest Haven is located along Georgia State Route 13, a highway from Atlanta to Gainesville that is immediately west of Interstate 985.

[5] It was announced on September 19, 2005, that the town leaders wished to be annexed into Buford, a much larger city which surrounds Rest Haven except on the north.

A previous attempt to do so in 2001 ended in a lawsuit and a judge ordered Rest Haven to remain a city.

It would then go through the annexation process, requiring approval of the Buford city council and a second referendum of the former Rest Haven residents.

Additional legal battles ensued in 2015 by some local residents' request to be annexed by Buford, which was granted.