America's 'smallest town' Buford goes up for sale

 

Buford, an outpost billed as America's smallest town, is up for sale this week, complete with its own schoolhouse and petrol station, with bidding starting at an enticing $100,000 (£63,000)

For a sum which would barely buy a one-room apartment in most places – and a lot less in big cities – the purchaser of Buford, Wyoming would get over 10 acres of land including a three-bedroom home, a garage, and a mobile phone tower.

Current owner Don Sammons moved to Buford from California in 1980 with his family. But his wife died several years ago and his son grew up and moved away, leaving him on his own.

  “Buford. Population: 1.”Sold at Auction for $900,000

Billed as the smallest town in America, Buford, Wyoming, was sold at auction for $900,000 to a Vietnamese national  on Thursday April 05,2012
The buyer will get 10 acres of land. Besides the house, a garage, cabin and barn, the property includes a cellphone tower and a parking lot that a trucking company uses to switch trailers at night

25 bidders signed up for the auction — held online and on-site — of the town with its three-bedroom house, school, gas station and several other buildings.

Buford's last inhabitant and the owner of the buildings, Don Sammons (61) told AFP that the package went to a Vietnamese man from Ho Chi Minh City.

The winner had to battle it out with bidders from Hong Kong, New York, Florida, Kansas and Wyoming, with the bidding starting at $100,000.