Talk:Buford, Wyoming

For sale
The town is for sale according to http://www.wyolifestyle.com/blog/?p=327 (and the official Buford website) but I can't figure out how to edit the wiki page to cite references properly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.125.224.250 (talk) 21:58, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

I also tried to update this, and was partially successful, but failed to make a good hyperlink in the reference. (anonymous user)

Update needed...
Now just three weeks ago I went up to Wyoming again, as I usually do for Spring Break. This article says Buford has a population of 1. But last I was up there the sign said 2. If someone could recheck that and see if the sign is correct that would be great. R66-Y (talk) 02:35, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Its one person according to CNN http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2010/12/23/dnt.wyoming.town.of.one.kusa?hpt=C2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.71.234.138 (talk) 05:45, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Info missing..... Just wonder how big is the town? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guapajane (talk • contribs) 23:01, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Six of my family members moved to Buford a few years ago. Ireniemeanie (talk) 03:43, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Unusual Article?
Highest elevation AND one person.

Lunakeet —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lunakeet (talk • contribs) 14:21, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * "This own ain't big enough for both of us." is what I reckon the Don said.:> 83.254.151.33 (talk) 21:08, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Fort Sanders
Fort Sanders (Wyoming) was constructed just south of modern Laramie - not on or near the townsite of Buford. I realize there may be some confusion - Fort Sanders was originally named Fort Buford after the same John Buford the town of Buford is named for. I removed the reference to Fort Sanders and added a tag for the rest of the paragraph. CosmicPenguin (Talk) 03:04, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Name change
This town is definitely not called "PhinDeli" -- even according to the references in the article, the town was renamed to "PhinDeli Town Buford" (not just "PhinDeli"). I've moved the article accordingly.

Also, User:Woods80513 has a point here. In all the government records (type  in Google), the name of the town remains Buford. Since I'm not American, I do not know what's the procedure for changing the name of an unincorporated community. According to this news report:

"On Tuesday, he and former town owner Don Sammons unveiled the newly dubbed “PhinDeli Town Buford,” though Nguyen assured his neighbors that their postal addresses still will bear the town’s original name."

It appears to me that "PhinDeli Town" is just a branding nickname or a tagline, while the official name of the city remains Buford. I might be wrong, though. utcursch | talk 17:53, 4 December 2014 (UTC)


 * County of Albany records (site:albany.wy.us phindeli) now refer to this town as "Buford Phindeli Town". I'll wait for someone more knowledgeable to comment before a page move. utcursch | talk 17:28, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Woods80513 has a point, but was mistaken in his claim that the USPS and county registrar are the official deciders in a town name. It's more complicated than that, depending on if the city has a charter (which this as an unincorporated city would not), state law, policy of the United States Board on Geographic Names, etc. Regardless the United States Postal Service would have a powerful influence, but not the final say in the matter. For example, I doubt the USPS uses the full, official title City and County of San Francisco. The USPS would be almost like Google Maps. If it appears in Google Maps, everybody may start using a name, but it is not legally binding. Dave (talk) 03:34, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 19 April 2020

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Moved buidhe 00:16, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

PhinDeli Town Buford, Wyoming → Buford, Wyoming – WP:COMMONNAME is "Buford". "PhinDeli Town Buford" was a name declared by the local store from 2012 to 2017, and is no longer a substantial name, if it ever was. "Buford" seems pretty uncontoversial at this point, but out of an abundance of caution, doing a move discussion anyway because it was already moved twice in 2013 and 2014 without discussion. Closeapple (talk) 20:58, 19 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Largely Support I thank you for the caution, . The owners responsible for the name change in the first place have now abandoned it for nearly 3 years, however, not to mention most locals would prefer the name Buford in the same way that Chicagoians may prefer "Sears tower" to "Willis tower", so your change is beyond reasonable, maybe it's a must. Personally, I would take the name change because it's so much easier to remember. Perhaps we could make the current name a redirect to the original "Buford", and put it down in "History". Sincerely, User:Zanygeniuschat For info on 1 Jul 20 move, see this. 22:02, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, that will be no problem: A page move usually leaves a redirect anyway, and we regularly redirect to sections. Redirects are cheap. --Closeapple (talk) 23:27, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Support per own nomination (for detail): There's no doubt that the name for this locale has been Buford since the 19th century through at least 2011. Today, it appears that the USPS ZIP+4 website still designates Buford Road in that area as being in Buford WY 82052, with Buford's own ZIP Code, for postal purposes, even though the U.S. Post Office in Buford closed in 2004.  Also from April 2020, File:Buford, Wyoming Town Pop and Elevation Sign with "Records".jpg appears to show that the government, to the extent that it cares about navigation to unincorporated settlements, still maintains the name "Buford", and that "Welcome to PhinDeli Town" is a private billboard on the gas station/convenience store property.  From a July 2017 contributed 360&deg; photo on Google Street View it appears that "PhinDeli Town Buford" was the name of the gas station/convenience store itself, and also that the "Welcome to PhinDeli Town" sign (from the back) is on the gas station/convenience store property.  As for this "renamed Buford to PhinDeli Town Buford" thing: None of the cited English-language sources in the article use the name "PhinDeli Town Buford" exclusively; they either mention the "renaming" with both names, or refer to the settlement itself as Buford.  In " PhinDeli Town Buford: Open for business" from 2013, even the Vietnamese owner that created the name refers to the place as "Today, I have an answer for the world, for the people in the United States, and more importantly, for the community of Buford and the state of Wyoming."  So I think the claim that the owner "renamed Buford" may have been accepted a bit too easily by the news media looking for unusual news to attract readers in the first place.  I can't imagine that the people who actually use a name for this place regularly, or even pseudo-official sources, would call this anything but just "Buford", especially again after the store closed. --Closeapple (talk) 23:27, 19 April 2020 (UTC)


 * The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Dubious Addition about private school.
I have removed the following text from the article "Recently, the town has seen change as a new private Catholic school has been built. The school is called the Catholic School of Catholicism, found at: https://catholicschoolofca.wixsite.com/website. The school offers a K-12 education for the residents of Albany County"

I can find NO other mention of this anywhere. A search of Laramie's Newspapers at https://www.wyomingnews.com/ yields a big goose egg. And while I admit I'm not an expert on Catholic Schools or rural Wyoming, I would think a new private school built in Buford would make news in nearby Laramie. There are also some clues in the website that cause me to be dubious, that I can discuss if necessary. If anybody can confirm this school actually exists, please advise. Dave (talk) 01:29, 6 October 2021 (UTC)