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Do you know of South Buffalo ???

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

Our sources for South 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 South Buffalo other than they indicate that South Buffalo would be found somewhere in Erie County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1874 and closed  in 1888.

Communities Also Named South Buffalo ...

We found one communities that share the name South Buffalo.

Within New York, the name South Buffalo is unique.

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

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

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for South Buffalo ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about South 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 South Buffalo - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for South Buffalo.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 36/68693   (Place Name: South Buffalo)

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

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- South Buffalo) 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 HeightsIdlewood
Angola Lake ShoreInland
 International Junction
Bethford 
BidwellJamison
Big Tree Corners 
Black RockKellogg
Boston CenterKensington
Brighton Village 
Buffalo CreekLawton Station
Buffalo JunctionLincoln Park
Buffalo Lake 
Buffalo PlainsMain-Mill
BurlingtonMain Village
 Market
CassMarquette
Central ParkMeadow Run
Cheektowaga NorthwestMidway
Cheektowaga Southwest 
Clarence CompactNew Falconwood
ClearfieldNewstead
ColdbrookNiagara Junction
 Niagara Square
DelavanNorth Buffalo
DelawareNorth Clarence
DelrayNorthtown Plaza
Deuels CornersNorthtown
  
East BuffaloOrange Park
East Evans 
East HamburgRed Jacket
Ebenezer JunctionRiverside
Eden Center 
EleysvilleSmithsville
Ellicott CreekSouth Alden
Elma StationSouth Park
EnglewoodSteel City
EvansSteelton
  
FalconwoodTerrace
FalkirkTonawanda Junction
FerryTransitown
  
Georgetown SquareVan Del
Grand Island 
Grandview BayWales
Green AcresWaterville Corners
GrimesvilleWest Alden Station
GroverWest Aurora
GunnvilleWest Concord
 West Newstead
Hamburg-on-the-LakeWestwood
Hamburgh StationWhite Haven
HarlemWilhelm
HarrietWilliam Station
HelmuthWillink
HertelWinspear
HilerWoodlawn Beach
Homewood Park 

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/