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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Buffalolick. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Buffalolick to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Buffalolick, please Contact Us.
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 Buffalolick (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 Buffalolick. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Buffalolick is historic, it would have been located within present day Roane County.
To see how the shape of West Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Roane County: Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha & Wirt.
Below are the counties that are near Buffalolick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buffalolick:
- Roane County (The home county of Buffalolick)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalolick, with the one closest to Buffalolick listed first.
- Rushville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Looneyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roxalana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
- Graux
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graux is located in Roane County
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- Walton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zona
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zona is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kester ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kester is located in Roane County
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- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
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- Flint Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
- Triplett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
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- Mattie ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mattie is located in Roane County
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- Cicerone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
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- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalolick, with the one closest to Buffalolick listed first.
- Elmira
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
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- Sleith ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleith
- Clem
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
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- Wilsie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
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- Strange Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Frametown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
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- Progress ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
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- Rockton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Chapel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
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- Twistville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Gassaway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Herold
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Herold is located in Braxton County
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- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalolick, with the one closest to Buffalolick listed first.
- Pink
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
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- Beech
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
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- Oka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
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- Rocksdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksdale
- Orma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma
- Arnoldsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Mudfork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
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- Stinson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stinson is located in Calhoun County
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- Walnut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Calhoun County
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- Hur
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Losie ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Losie is located in Calhoun County
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- Russet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalolick, with the one closest to Buffalolick listed first.
- Porter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Porter is located in Clay County
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- Procious
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Lydia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
- Valley Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Bomont
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
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- Dink
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dink is located in Clay County
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- Elkhurst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Gould
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Spread
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spread is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
- Clay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Ira
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Harrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalolick, with the one closest to Buffalolick listed first.
- Shock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
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- Stumptown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Normantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- De Kalb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Cedarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalolick, with the one closest to Buffalolick listed first.
- Fletcher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fletcher is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Aplin ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aplin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin
- Kentuck
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kentuck is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Romance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Romance is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
- Statts Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills
- Hereford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hereford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
- Liverpool
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Kenna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fairplain
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fairplain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplain
- Meadowdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Garfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Ripley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Odaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Odaville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odaville
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalolick, with the one closest to Buffalolick listed first.
- Wellford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
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- Island Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
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- Clendenin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Reamer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Reamer is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamer
- Falling Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Rock
- Youngs Bottom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom
- Aarons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons
- Wills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wills is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wills
- Apgah ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Apgah is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah
- Elkview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Three Mile
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Three Mile is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mile
- Sissonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jarretts Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jarretts Ford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarretts Ford
- Mason County
- Baden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Baden is located in Mason County
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- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalolick, with the one closest to Buffalolick listed first.
- Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Putnam County
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- Sigman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sigman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigman
- Paradise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Bancroft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Poca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Red House
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalolick, with the one closest to Buffalolick listed first.
- Oxbow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Smithville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Cisco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- Burnt House
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt House
- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalolick, with the one closest to Buffalolick listed first.
- Lucile
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
- Creston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Burning Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Peewee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Palestine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Elizabeth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Windy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
- Newark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Freeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Greencastle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalolick, with the one closest to Buffalolick listed first.
- Leachtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
- Slate
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Slate is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
- Meigs County (OH)
- Portland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buffalolick, see our County-by-County Page for Buffalolick.
Cemeteries Near Buffalolick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buffalolick.
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 Buffalolick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buffalolick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buffalolick, with the one closest to Buffalolick listed first.
- Round Knob Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meadows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Swank Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Summerfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bays Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bays Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Watson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vineyard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Keffer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Looney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (683 more) ...
- Kincaid Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Coe - Holland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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.
Buffalolick itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buffalolick, with the one closest to Buffalolick listed first.
- Speed
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Speed is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Looneyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Gandeeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gandeeville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandeeville
- Roxalana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
- Schilling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Schilling is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schilling
- Walton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zona
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Zona is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Countsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Countsville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countsville
- Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kester ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kester is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Ryan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ryan is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Linden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Clio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buffalolick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buffalolick.
Newspapers Published in Buffalolick ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buffalolick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buffalolick, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buffalolick.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Buffalolick:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Roane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Gilmer County
- Jackson County
- Kanawha County
- Mason County
- Putnam County
- Ritchie County
- Wirt County
- Wood County
- Meigs County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Buffalolick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buffalolick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |