Buffington, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}

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

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|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|subdivision_type = Country

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|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Fayette

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Menallen

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|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='42'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}

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|area_total_km2 = 0.42

|area_land_km2 = 0.42

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 298

|population_density_km2 = 712.00

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

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|elevation_ft = 1000

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|postal_code_type = ZIP code

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|blank_info = 42-10096

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|area_total_sq_mi = 0.16

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|population_density_sq_mi = 1839.51

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Buffington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community was part of the New Salem-Buffington CDP, before it was split into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census. The population was 292 as of the 2010 census.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4210096| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Buffington CDP, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| accessdate=July 22, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213061400/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4210096| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}