Buffalo is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in southern LaRue County

LaRue County, Kentucky

LaRue County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is included in the Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 13,373. Its county seat is Hodgenville...

, Kentucky

Kentucky

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, United States

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. It lies along Kentucky Route 61 south of the city of Hodgenville

Hodgenville, Kentucky

Hodgenville is a city in and the county seat of LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. It sits along the North Fork of the Nolin River. The population was 2,874 at the 2000 census...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of LaRue County. Its elevation is 748 feet (228 m), and it is located at COORDS 37°30′43"N 85°41′55"W (37.5120048, -85.6985728). Although Buffalo is unincorporated, it has a post office

Post office

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, with the ZIP code

ZIP Code

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of 42716.
Hometown of United States Marine, Lance Corporal Matthias Numon Hanson(1990–2010),of 3/6 Bn Marines of Camp Lejeune. Hanson was Killed in Action in Marjah, Afghanistan. Born in Nurenburg Germany, Buried at Perkins Family Cemetery on LCPL HANSON USMC Road.