Welcome to West Buffalo ...

So far, we found very little information about West Buffalo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added West Buffalo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with West Buffalo, please Contact Us.

West Buffalo would have been located within present day Williams County<2>.

The location of West Buffalo has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Buffalo, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1854.

A typical abbreviation for West Buffalo: W. Buffalo

While the community is gone, the present day location for West Buffalo is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where West Buffalo was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If West Buffalo still existed, it would have been in the (419) and (567)<5> area codes.

Communities near West Buffalo ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Buffalo.

• Angola
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angola
  • Angola is located in Steuben County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,827 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angola <6>
• Bryan
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
  • Bryan is located in Williams County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,212 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <6>
• Montpelier
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montpelier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
  • Montpelier is located in Williams County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,907 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montpelier <6>
• Hicksville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
  • Hicksville is located in Defiance County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,405 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hicksville <6>
• Butler
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Butler is located in DeKalb County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,719 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <6>
• Waterloo
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterloo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
  • Waterloo is located in DeKalb County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,266 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterloo <6>
• Fremont
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fremont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
  • Fremont is located in Steuben County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,205 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <6>
• Edgerton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgerton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
  • Edgerton is located in Williams County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,990 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgerton <6>
• West Unity
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Unity
  • West Unity is located in Williams County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,670 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Unity <6>
• Hamilton
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
  • Hamilton is located in Steuben County (IN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around West Buffalo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Buffalo.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Buffalo. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Buffalo.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Buffalo. See our Newspapers Page for West Buffalo.

Adding West Buffalo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Buffalo in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for West Buffalo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the West Buffalo post office opened in 1854.

We also found West Buffalo in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Buffalo.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Williams County: www.co.williams.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/