Buffalo is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either hav ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, su ...

(CDP) in southern LaRue County,

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...

, United States. Its population was 498 as of the 2010 census. It lies along Kentucky Route 61 south of the city of Hodgenville, the

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of LaRue County. Its elevation is 748 feet (228 m), and it is located at (37.5120048, -85.6985728). Although Buffalo is unincorporated, it has a

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, with the ZIP code of 42716.Zip Code Lookup

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Census-designated places in Kentucky Census-designated places in LaRue County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Unincorporated communities in LaRue County, Kentucky {{LaRueCountyKY-geo-stub