Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Buffalo (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Buffalo. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Buffalo is located in Jackson County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Gallia, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto & Vinton.
Below are the counties that are near Buffalo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buffalo:
- Jackson County (The home county of Buffalo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Coalton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Petrea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Altoona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Jackson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Limerick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Wellston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ray
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Glade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Pattonsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pattonsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattonsville
- Banner ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Banner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Rempel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rempel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rempel
- Oak Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Albany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- King's Station ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- King's Station is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Station
- King's Station has also been known as:
- King Hollow
- King's Hollow
- King's Switch
- Mineral
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Carbondale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carbondale is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Gallia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Alice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Alice is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Edna ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edna is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Ewington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ewington is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewington
- Centerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Vinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rio Grande
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cora
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cora is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
- Rodney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rodney is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Kerr
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kerr is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Patriot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kyger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kyger is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyger
- Mills Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mills Village is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Village
- Wigner ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wigner is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wigner
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Apple
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- South Bloomingville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Laurelville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Gibisonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Union Furnace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vernon is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Sherritts
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sherritts is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherritts
- Waterloo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Waterloo is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Johns Creek ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Johns Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Creek
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Point Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Point Rock is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Dexter
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Langsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Langsville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langsville
- Rutland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lima
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lima is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Mount Sinai
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Sinai is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sinai
- Beaver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Robbins is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Greggs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Bristol Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Glen Jean
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Zahn's Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Zahn's Corners is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zahn's Corners
- Zahn's Corners has also been known as:
- Zann's Corners
- Shyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Shyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shyville
- Waverly City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Piketon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Peck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Sargents
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sargents is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Richmond Dale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Dale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale
- Schooley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Alma
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Deadman Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Massieville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Chillicothe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Adelphi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Fork Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Summithill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Nipgen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Kingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Hales Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hales Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Creek
- South Webster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Purdy Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Purdy Corners is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corners
- Harrison Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison Mills is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Mills
- Minford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scioto Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Scioto Furnace is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scioto Furnace
- Lucasville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Slocum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Slocum is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Slocum has also been known as:
- Slocums Station
- Wait
- Watt
- Sciotodale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sciotodale is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciotodale
- Sciotoville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sciotoville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciotoville
- Rosemount
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- Wheelersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Richland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Hamden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dundas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Oreton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton
- McArthur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arbaugh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- Wilkesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wilkesville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Vales Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vales Mills
- Stella
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Ural ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Zaleski
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hope ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Moonville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moonville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
- Greenup County (KY)
- Frost
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frost is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buffalo, see our County-by-County Page for Buffalo.
Cemeteries Near Buffalo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buffalo.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Buffalo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buffalo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Exline Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mathers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Big Rock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rockwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coalton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Landrum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Glassburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (751 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crosby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Buffalo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buffalo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buffalo, with the one closest to Buffalo listed first.
- Chapman
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chapman is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Coalton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Leo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Leo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Jackson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glen Roy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Ironton Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ironton Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton Junction
- Byer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Byer is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byer
- Limerick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Wellston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Richland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Keystone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Keystone is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Hamden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Glade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Linn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Linn is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
- Camba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Camba is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camba
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buffalo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buffalo.
Newspapers Published in Buffalo ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buffalo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buffalo, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buffalo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Buffalo:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Gallia County
- Hocking County
- Lawrence County
- Meigs County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Scioto County
- Vinton County
- Greenup County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Buffalo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buffalo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |