Buffalo Springs, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

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Buffalo Springs (formerly, Buffalo Mineral Springs and Buffalo Lithia Springs) is an unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It lies at an elevation of 364 feet (111 m). Located at Buffalo Springs is the Buffalo Springs Historical Archeological District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1] The name, Buffalo Springs, specifically refers to a natural springs found in the area.

There was once a resort at the Springs, containing golf courses and even a bowling alley, but when water sales dropped the resort lost favor. Like many historically black communities, the property surrounding the springs was eventually purchased by the US Army Corps of Engineers as part of the John H. Kerr Reservoir. Trading paths throughout the area were once controlled by the Occaneechi, a historically black [2] [3] Native American tribe. To this day, decedents of the Occaneechi live near, and collect water from, this once thriving, unsegregated resort community.

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Burch, Audra D.S. "A New Front in Reparations: Seeking the Return of Lost Family Land". The New York Times. The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Hall IV, Earl Lafayette. "The Black Occaneechi". Department of History. Columbia University.

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Springs, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

36°38′46″N78°39′42″W / 36.64611°N 78.66167°W / 36.64611; -78.66167


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