Buffalo

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Buffalo

Total population

482

Elevation611 m

Land area0.36 km²

Coordinates39.85°, -89.41°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Buffalo is a village in Mechanicsburg Township in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Buffalo had a population of 447. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

J

John William Miller

American aviation pioneer, civil engineer, and professor

L

Leonore Anges Mullady

Wife of George Harold Hubbard

Emma Gillett Oglesby

American socialite and First Lady of Illinois (1845–1928)

W

Walter Francis Mullady

American Business Executive, Chairman fo Rogers Cartage Co., former President of American Trucking Association, and Chairman Michigan Avenue National Bank (1904-1989)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Illinois

• Dawson
  2.8 mi away
• Cornland
  6.1 mi away
• Illiopolis
  8.3 mi away
• Elkhart
  11.8 mi away
• Edinburg
  13.3 mi away
• Jerome
  15.4 mi away · pop. 1,807
• Cantrall
  15.5 mi away · pop. 142
• Bulpitt
  17.9 mi away
• Kincaid
  18.2 mi away
• Harristown
  18.5 mi away · pop. 1,550
• Jeisyville
  18.7 mi away
• Boody
  20.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Buffalo

Sangamon County Alms House, Buffalo, Illinois

Sangamon County Genealogical Society · 1994

Portrait and Biographical Record of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois

Buffalo Biographical Publishing Co · 2022

Portrait and biographical album of Knox county, Illinois

Biographical Publishing Company, Buffalo and Chicago · 1886

Buffalo Rock State Park

Illinois. Division of Parks · 1949

Flood insurance study

1982

Effigy tumuli sculpture

Illinois. Dept. of Conservation · 1987

Portrait and biographical record of Madison County, Illinois

Biographical Publishing Company, Buffalo and Chicago · 1894

St. Mariengemeinde zu Buffalo Grove, Illinois

N. J. Otto · 1912

Search results from Open Library.