Buffalo, Kentucky

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States}}

{{For|the unincorporated community in Trigg County|Buffalo, Trigg County, Kentucky}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|official_name = Buffalo

|settlement_type = Census-designated place (CDP)

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|image_skyline = Buffalo-KY61-ky.jpg

|imagesize = 250px

|image_caption = Kentucky Route 61 in Buffalo

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|pushpin_map = Kentucky

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Kentucky

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = LaRue

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|unit_pref = Imperial

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_21.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 18, 2022}}

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|area_total_km2 = 3.06

|area_land_km2 = 3.06

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

|area_total_sq_mi = 1.18

|area_land_sq_mi = 1.18

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 571

|population_density_km2 = 186.62

|population_density_sq_mi = 483.49

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

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|elevation_ft = 748

|coordinates = {{coord|37|30|43|N|85|41|55|W|region:US-KY|display=inline,title}}

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|area_code = 270

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = 488299{{cite gnis|488299|Francisville}}

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Buffalo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southern LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 498 as of the 2010 census.{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2011-05-14 |title=U.S. Census website }} It lies along Kentucky Route 61 south of the city of Hodgenville, the county seat of LaRue County.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 42. Its elevation is 748 feet (228 m), and it is located at {{coord|37|30|43|N|85|41|55|W|type:city}} (37.5120048, -85.6985728). Although Buffalo is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 42716.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=42716 Zip Code Lookup] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615072814/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=42716 |date=June 15, 2011 }}