Buford's only billboard showing its only resident.

Once upon a time, Buford, Wyoming was a bustling town with 2000 residents.  Buford, the second-oldest town in Wyoming, dates back to the founding of the transcontinental railroad and is a key stop on Interstate 80, the main cross-country road between New York and San Francisco.  That was then.  Now, Buford, Wyoming is the smallest town in the United States with only one full-time resident, a gas station, a three-bedroom house, a school, a general store, and lots of land in all directions.  Buford, America’s smallest town, was sold at an auction for $900,000.  That’s a bargain when compared to the price of some other ghost towns out there.

No real information about the buyers was released, but they are believed to be a pair of Vietnamese gentlemen.  As for the town’s only resident, the 60-year-old Don Sammons, he’s going to find his fortunes elsewhere.  He has lived in Buford since 1980, and when his son moved away, Sammons became Buford’s only resident.  Now he’s ready to explore big city life in some town with more than just him in it.  Who knows why; if I was of retirement age, I’d love to live in a town all by myself.  Run the gas station/general store, decorate the cell phone tower… it sounds great!

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