Buford, GA

Buford is a Gwinnett and Hall County city northeast of Atlanta, with roots in 19th-century rail and manufacturing growth. It became especially known for leather production, and Tannery Row Artist Colony now gives that industrial past a cultural afterlife. Modern Buford is shaped by suburban Atlanta growth, Lake Lanier access, schools, shopping, and sports culture. It feels like an old manufacturing town that has been pulled into the fast-growing northern edge of the Atlanta metro.