Do you know of Buffalo Junction ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Buffalo Junction. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Buffalo Junction.<1>

We found mention of Buffalo Junction as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Erie County, New York.

Communities Also Named Buffalo Junction ...

We found two communities that share the name Buffalo Junction.

Within New York, the name Buffalo Junction is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
  - Cloud County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Buffalo Junction [Cloud County].
- Virginia
  - Mecklenburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Buffalo Junction [Mecklenburg County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Buffalo Junction ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Buffalo Junction:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Buffalo Junction - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Buffalo Junction.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 36/11033 (Place Name: Buffalo Junction)

County: Erie (FIPS State/County: 36/029)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Buffalo Junction) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in Erie County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Erie County.

Abbott Road
Amsdell Heights	Idlewood
Angola Lake Shore	Inland
	International Junction
Bethford
Bidwell	Jamison
Big Tree Corners
Black Rock	Kellogg
Boston Center	Kensington
Brighton Village
Buffalo Creek	Lawton Station
Buffalo Lake	Lincoln Park
Buffalo Plains
Burlington	Main-Mill
	Main Village
Cass	Market
Central Park	Marquette
Cheektowaga Northwest	Meadow Run
Cheektowaga Southwest	Midway
Clarence Compact
Clearfield	New Falconwood
Coldbrook	Newstead
	Niagara Junction
Delavan	Niagara Square
Delaware	North Buffalo
Delray	North Clarence
Deuels Corners	Northtown Plaza
	Northtown
East Buffalo
East Evans	Orange Park
East Hamburg
Ebenezer Junction	Red Jacket
Eden Center	Riverside
Eleysville
Ellicott Creek	Smithsville
Elma Station	South Alden
Englewood	South Buffalo
Evans	South Park
	Steel City
Falconwood	Steelton
Falkirk
Ferry	Terrace
	Tonawanda Junction
Georgetown Square	Transitown
Grand Island
Grandview Bay	Van Del
Green Acres
Grimesville	Wales
Grover	Waterville Corners
Gunnville	West Alden Station
	West Aurora
Hamburg-on-the-Lake	West Concord
Hamburgh Station	West Newstead
Harlem	Westwood
Harriet	Wilhelm
Helmuth	William Station
Hertel	Willink
Hiler	Winspear
Homewood Park	Woodlawn Beach

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Buffalo Junction could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.