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Buford is a city in Gwinnett and Hall counties in northeast metro Atlanta, with most of the city lying in Gwinnett County.

Buford was founded and incorporated on August 24, 1872, after a railroad was built through the area connecting Charlotte, North Carolina, with Atlanta.

The city was named for Algernon Sidney Buford, the president of the Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway.

Buford became famous for leather making and earned the nickname "The Leather City"; the industry began with R. H. Allen's harness shop and tannery in 1868, and his brother Bona Allen founded the Bona Allen Company in 1873.

Bona Allen saddles were sold through the Sears mail-order catalog and were used by Hollywood cowboy stars including Gene Autry, the cast of Bonanza, and Roy Rogers, who used a Bona Allen saddle on his horse Trigger; a statue in downtown Buford commemorates Rogers and Trigger.

The Bona Allen Company built Tannery Row in downtown Buford as a shoe factory in 1919; it briefly reopened during World War II to make footwear for the military, and since 2003 the building has housed the Tannery Row Artist Colony of galleries and studios.

Buford's leather era finally ended after a 1981 fire at the tannery, which the Tandy Corporation chose not to rebuild.

The Mall of Georgia, the largest shopping mall in the state, opened in Buford on August 13, 1999, anchoring the city's modern retail growth.

The 2020 census counted 17,144 residents in Buford, and Census Bureau QuickFacts counted about 5,356 households in its 2020-2024 survey figures, averaging a notably large 3.33 persons per household.

Unlike most Georgia cities, Buford operates its own independent city school district, the Buford City School District.