Buffaloville, Indiana

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Buffaloville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Buffaloville
Coordinates: 38°05′51″N86°57′55″W / 38.09750°N 86.96528°W / 38.09750; -86.96528
Country United States
State Indiana
County Spencer
Township Clay
Elevation
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453 ft (138 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
47550
Area code(s) 812, 930
GNIS feature ID431777 [1]

Buffaloville is an unincorporated community in Clay Township, Spencer County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

History

Buffaloville was formerly called Buffalo. [2] The town was laid out in 1860 as Buffalo. [3] A post office was established in 1860 as Buffalo, the post office was renamed that same year to Buffaloville, and the post office was discontinued in 1982. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffaloville, Indiana
  2. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  81. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...the name was changed to Buffaloville.
  3. ↑ History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed. 1885. p.  373.
  4. ↑ "Spencer County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 4, 2015.


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