West Buffalo, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Florence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43517. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blakeslee quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1914 to 1990The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1914 USGS Pioneer quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Pioneer quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Pioneer quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Blakeslee quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Blakeslee quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
In the 1905 county history
4,993 words on this townshipThe county history of 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Florence Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Florence Township - 4,993 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 289 shownMuseums hold 289 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Buffalo (historical) between 1893 and 1974: 262 Animalia, 23 Fungi, 3 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Anson A. Hinkley, Bauer, L. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | unnamed | 1897 | F. L. Stevens | Columbia. |
![]() | Coleosporium asterum (Dietel) Syd. & P.Syd. | 1902 | Kellerman, W.A. | Edgerton |
![]() | Elimia livescens (Menke, 1830) | 1916 | Anson A. Hinkley | St. Joseph River, Edgerton, North America |
![]() | Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) | 1893 | not recorded | Edgerton, Fish Lake |
![]() | Apalone spinifera (Lesueur, 1827) | 1893 | not recorded | Edgerton |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | St. Joseph River, Edgerton, Ohio |
![]() | Lithobates clamitans (Latreille, 1801) | 1893 | not recorded | Edgerton, Fish Lake |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | St. Joseph River, Edgerton, Ohio |
![]() | Noturus miurus Jordan, 1877 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | St. Joseph River, Edgerton, Ohio |
![]() | Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | St. Josephs River, Edgerton, Ohio |
![]() | Aspidium Sw. | 1895 | Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley | Florence |
![]() | Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm. | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | Edgerton |
All 289 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of West Buffalo (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-State South Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blakeslee | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Denmark (historical) | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Valley Springs Addition | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Melbern | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mina | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Edon | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Durham Estates | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Edon Home Court | 5.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063675. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
























