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Welcome to Buffalolick ...

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.


Buffalolick would have been located within present day Roane County<2>.


The location of Buffalolick has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Buffalolick, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Buffalolick is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Buffalolick was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Buffalolick would have been located in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Buffalolick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Buffalolick - it's located in Arkansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buffalolick.

Communities near Buffalolick ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buffalolick.

  • Spencer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Clendenin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Reedy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reedy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
    • Reedy is located in Roane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
  • Roxalana
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
    • Roxalana is located in Roane County
  • Zona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
    • Zona is located in Roane County
  • Flint Town
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
    • Flint Town is located in Roane County
  • Pink
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
    • Pink is located in Calhoun County
  • Triplett
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Triplett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
    • Triplett is located in Roane County
  • Cicerone
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone
    • Cicerone is located in Roane County
  • Rocksdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocksdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksdale
    • Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Buffalolick. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buffalolick.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buffalolick. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buffalolick.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Buffalolick. See our Newspapers Page for Buffalolick.

Adding Buffalolick to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buffalolick in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Buffalolick was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buffalolick.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

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>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Roane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buffalolick - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
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