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Do you know of Buffalo Station ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Buffalo Station. 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 Station.

Our sources for Buffalo Station (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 Buffalo Station other than they indicate that Buffalo Station would be found somewhere in Nelson County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1885 and closed  in 1941.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Buffalo Station ...

We found one communities that share the name Buffalo Station.

Within Virginia, the name Buffalo Station is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Buffalo Station in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Buffalo Station [Marion County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Buffalo Station ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Nelson 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 Nelson County.

AlhambraMidway
 Montreal
BoazMyndus
Broaddus 
Buffalo MinesOtway
Buford 
 Polar
Claypool 
 Repton
DeerockRock Fish Depot
Dutch CreekRose Mills
  
ElmingtonShelton
 Slaughter
Faber's MillsStage Bridge
Fleetwood 
FronteloTye River Depot
 Tye River Mills
Grape LawnTye River Warehouse
  
HardwicksvilleVariety Mills
Highland 
 Winginia
Manteo 

Footnotes ...

<1>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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