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Do you know of North Buffalo ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about North Buffalo. 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 North Buffalo.<1>

Our sources for North Buffalo (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of North Buffalo other than they indicate that North Buffalo would be found somewhere in Erie County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1857 and closed  in 1870.

Communities Also Named North Buffalo ...

We found one communities that share the name North Buffalo.

Within New York, the name North Buffalo is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named North Buffalo in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of North Buffalo [Armstrong County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for North Buffalo ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Erie County ...

Can you help?

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 RoadHomewood Park
Amsdell Heights 
Angola Lake ShoreIdlewood
 Inland
BethfordInternational Junction
Bidwell 
Big Tree CornersJamison
Black Rock 
Boston CenterKellogg
Brighton VillageKensington
Buffalo Creek 
Buffalo JunctionLawton Station
Buffalo LakeLincoln Park
Buffalo Plains 
BurlingtonMain-Mill
 Main Village
CassMarket
Central ParkMarquette
Cheektowaga NorthwestMeadow Run
Cheektowaga SouthwestMidway
Clarence Compact 
ClearfieldNew Falconwood
ColdbrookNewstead
 Niagara Junction
DelavanNiagara Square
DelawareNorth Clarence
DelrayNorthtown Plaza
Deuels CornersNorthtown
  
East BuffaloOrange Park
East Evans 
East HamburgRed Jacket
Ebenezer JunctionRiverside
Eden Center 
EleysvilleSmithsville
Ellicott CreekSouth Alden
Elma StationSouth Buffalo
EnglewoodSouth Park
EvansSteel City
 Steelton
Falconwood 
FalkirkTerrace
FerryTonawanda Junction
 Transitown
Georgetown Square 
Grand IslandVan Del
Grandview Bay 
Green AcresWales
GrimesvilleWaterville Corners
GroverWest Alden Station
GunnvilleWest Aurora
 West Concord
Hamburg-on-the-LakeWest Newstead
Hamburgh StationWestwood
HarlemWilhelm
HarrietWilliam Station
HelmuthWillink
HertelWinspear
HilerWoodlawn 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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