PhinDeli Town Buford, Wyoming
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PhinDeli Town Buford, oreeginally kent as Buford, is an unincorporatit commonty in Albany Coonty, Wyoming, Unitit States. It is locatit atween Laramie an Cheyenne on Interstate 80. At 8,000 feet (2,400 m) o elevation, this is the heichest populatit dounset alang the First Transcontinental Railroad (the day's Overland Route), an on the transcontinental Interstate 80. The toun wis oreeginally namit Buford (in honour o Major General John Buford), a Union cavalry officer durin the American Ceevil War. In 2013, the toun wis saud tae a Vietnamese awner, who re-buistit it as "PhinDeli Town Buford". The postal addresses, housomeivver, still bears the toun's oreeginal name o "Buford". In 2013, the population o the toun wis 1.[1][2]
PhinDeli Town-Buford (Buford, Wyoming) | |
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 Street sign for Buford | |
  PhinDeli Town-Buford (Buford, Wyoming) Location athin the state o Wyoming | |
| Coordinates: 41°07′25″N 105°18′09″W / 41.12361°N 105.30250°WCoordinates: 41°07′25″N 105°18′09″W / 41.12361°N 105.30250°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | Wyoming |
| Coonty | Albany |
| Foondit | 1866 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.04 km2 (0.02 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 0.04 km2 (0.02 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 1 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Moontain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP codes | 82052 |
| Website | bufordtradingpost.com |
History
eeditPhinDeli is a commercial promotional name taggit tae the toun o Buford in 2013, bi the store-awners. The oreeginal toun wis foondit in 1866,[3] durin the construction o the Transcontinental Railroad in the Wyoming Territory. At its peak, the toun boastit a population o 2000.[3] In 1900, a post office wis biggit, which wis closed in 2004.[4]
Don Sammons muivit tae Buford in 1980 wi his wife an son.[5] In 1992, he purchased the toun.[6] His wife dee'd in 1995, an his son muivit awa aroond 2007, makkin him Buford's anerly resident.[3][5] Housomeivver, at a later time, seiven residents livit in the toun, but eventually muivit awa tae lairger municipalities.[7]
The toun, consistin o a convenience store, gas station, an modular hame on 4 hectare (9.9 acre) o laund, wis put up for sale efter Don Sammons decidit tae muive closer tae his son.[6] The toun wis put up for auction on 5 Apryle 2012, wi the heichest bid o $900,000 wis made bi twa unidentifee'd Vietnamese men.[5][8][9] Later, it wis revealed that ane o thaim wis Phạm Đình Nguyên.[10] The new awners sell "PhinDeli" buist coffee, importit frae Vietnam, in the convenience store.[11]
References
eedit- ↑ PhinDeli Town Buford: Open for business[deid airtin]
- ↑ America’s Tiniest Town Is Sold And Renamed PhinDeli Town Buford, Wyoming
- ↑ a b c Rosenfeld, Everett (20 Julie 2011). "Meet the Only Resident of America's Smallest Town". TIME. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2012. Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
|publisher=(help) - ↑ http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postmasterfinder/welcome.htm
- ↑ a b c Vecsey, Laura. "America's tiniest town commands a big price". Zillow. Archived frae the original on 5 Apryle 2012. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2012.
- ↑ a b Zuckerman, Laura (5 Apryle 2012). "Wyoming town - population 1 - sells for $900,000 to Vietnamese buyer". Chicago Tribune. Reuters. Archived frae the original on 2 Januar 2013. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2012.
- ↑ "Population 1: The shopkeeper who lives in a one-man town (and there are no women or children either)". Daily Mail. 16 Mairch 2011. Retrieved 8 Apryle 2013.
- ↑ Spellman, Jim (5 Apryle 2012). "Vietnamese businessmen scoop up smallest U.S. town for $900,000". CNN. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2012.
- ↑ (in Vietnamese) Doanh gia Việt Nam qua Mỹ mua trọn thị trấn giá $900,000 Archived 2012-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ (in Vietnamese) Lộ danh tánh người Việt mua thị trấn Mỹ $900,000 Archived 2012-04-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Markley, Kyle. Buford, Wyoming getting a new name. KGWN-TV News. Archived 2013-09-03 at Archive.today
Freemit airtins
eedit- Community of Buford
- 2010 video interview frae CNN