Buford South Carolina Map

About Buford, South Carolina

Buford is a locality in Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 398. The population density is 67.4 people per km². Buford is located at 34.7480°N, 80.6285°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 29720.

Buford unfolds across a landscape of quiet, red-clay earth and dense woodland where the North Branch Wildcat Creek marks the rhythm of the land. It lies 26.0 miles southeast of Fort Mill, SC (from Fort Mill, SC: bearing 134°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east of Lancaster. Sunlight filters through the pine canopy in long, amber shafts that catch the dust of unpaved turnoffs, illuminating a terrain defined by the steady, inland persistence of the Piedmont. Three miles from the stillness of Rowells Pond, the air holds a heavy, earthen scent, and the horizon is broken only by the distant, rugged silhouette of Forty Acre Rock. The Buford Recreation Complex provides a singular clearing in this thicket, offering a space where the community gathers under a sky that turns a bruised, deep violet as the heat of the afternoon finally yields to the cooling shade of the trees.

Buford maintains a character rooted in the slow, deliberate labor of agriculture and the quiet endurance of families who have worked these fields for generations. Small-scale timber operations and local farming define the economy, keeping the pace of daily life tied to the seasonal shifts of the soil rather than the frantic demands of modern commerce. There is a profound simplicity in the way the local school systems and roadside markers anchor the identity of Buford, reflecting a history that values resilience over outward display. The quietude here is not an absence of life, but a steady, measured pulse, felt in the way the wind moves through the hardwoods and the way the light lingers over the fields long after the day’s work has concluded.

About This Buford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buford, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.748046, -80.628505. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Buford includes the ZIP code (29720), telephone area code (864), county seat of Lancaster County (Lancaster), and school district assignment (Lancaster County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.