Buffalo Creek
Buffalo Creek is a stream in Braxton, West Virginia. Buffalo Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Bison, as well as near the village Gassaway.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gassaway station and Sutton Downtown Historic District.
Gassaway station
Historic building
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Gassaway station, also known as Coal & Coke Railway Company Depot, is a historic railway depot located at Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia. It was built in 1914, by the Coal and Coke Railway and later acquired by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Gassaway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Buffalo Creek.
Sutton Downtown Historic District
Park
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sutton Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia. It encompasses 85 contributing buildings and two contributing structures covering eleven square blocks. Sutton Downtown Historic District is situated 2 miles east of Buffalo Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sutton and Little Otter.
Sutton
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sutton is a town of 876 people in West Virginia. It's located in Braxton County, which is known as "the Geographic Center of West Virginia". Sutton was first settled in 1792, and incorporated in 1860, having been named in honor of one of the early settlers.
Little Otter
Hamlet
Little Otter is an unincorporated community in the Otter District of Braxton County, near Gassaway, West Virginia, United States. The community takes its name from nearby Little Otter Creek. Little Otter is situated 2½ miles northwest of Buffalo Creek.
Tesla
Hamlet
Photo: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tesla is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Tesla is 4.5 miles south of Sutton. The community might be named after Nikola Tesla, an electrical engineer and inventor. Tesla is situated 4½ miles southeast of Buffalo Creek.
Buffalo Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Big Buffalo Creek” and “Buffaloe Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Braxton, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.65621° or 38° 39′ 22″ northLongitude
-80.74315° or 80° 44′ 35″ westElevation
804 feet (245 metres)Open location code
86CXM744+FPGeoNames ID
4800649
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