Buffalo Creek
Buffalo Creek is a stream in Brooke, West Virginia. Buffalo Creek is situated nearby to the neighborhood Dutch Town, as well as near the town Wellsburg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wellsburg Wharf and Brooke Cemetery.
Wellsburg Wharf
Park
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Wellsburg Wharf is a historic wharf located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. The public wharf was built in 1836 on the Ohio River. The site consists of remains of the wharf and the foundations of two warehouses.
Brooke Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Brooke Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was founded in 1857. It includes several notable examples of funerary art in its headstones, above ground crypts, and mausolea dating to the 19th and early 20th century. Brooke Cemetery is situated 1½ miles north of Buffalo Creek.
Cardinal Power Plant
Power station
Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cardinal Power Plant is a 1.8-gigawatt coal power plant located south of Brilliant, Ohio, in Jefferson County, Ohio. The power plant has three units. Cardinal is co-owned with Unit 1 owned by American Electric Power's subsidiary, AEP Generation Resources. Cardinal Power Plant is situated 2½ miles southwest of Buffalo Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dutch Town and Wellsburg.
Dutch Town
Neighborhood
Dutch Town is an unincorporated community in Brooke County, West Virginia, United States.
Wellsburg
Town
Photo: Taber Andrew Bain, CC BY 2.0.
Wellsburg is a city in and the county seat of Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 census recorded a population of 2,455. It is a part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area.
Rabbit Hill
Hamlet
Rabbit Hill is an unincorporated community in Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. Rabbit Hill is situated 2 miles north of Buffalo Creek.
Buffalo Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Brooke, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.26451° or 40° 15′ 52″ northLongitude
-80.61535° or 80° 36′ 55″ westElevation
643 feet (196 metres)Open location code
86GX797M+RVGeoNames ID
5182254
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