Buffalo Valley Tennessee Map

About Buffalo Valley, Tennessee

Buffalo Valley is a locality in Lewis County, Tennessee, United States. Buffalo Valley is located at 35.4537°N, 87.6134°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 38462, 38548.

Buffalo Valley unfolds as a quiet basin where the low, persistent murmur of Rockhouse Creek defines the local geography. It lies 7.0 miles west-southwest of Lewis, TN (from Lewis, TN: bearing 245°T), and is situated 3.3 miles east-northeast of Ashland. The terrain of Buffalo Valley is defined by the Rockhouse Creek Valley, a depression that catches the long, amber light of late afternoon and holds it against the soil. To the distance, the silhouette of Waynesboro Ridge rises against the sky, a steady, dark boundary that keeps the horizon anchored. Beyond the immediate fields, the dense timber of Lewis State Forest offers a cooler, shaded contrast to the open pastures, while the quiet surface of Slag Pile Pond waits in the stillness three miles away, reflecting the passage of clouds over the open Tennessee sky.

Agriculture and the slow pulse of woodland management have long dictated the rhythm of life in Buffalo Valley, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the earth and the timber harvested from the nearby Lewis State Forest. The heritage of the valley is written in the modest, functional architecture of its older structures and the endurance of families who have worked these slopes for generations. Unlike the bustling centers of industry found elsewhere in the region, Buffalo Valley maintains a deliberate, measured pace, favoring the steady work of the seasons over the clamor of modern expansion. It is a place where the air carries the scent of damp earth and drying hay, grounding every inhabitant in the physical reality of the landscape they occupy.

About This Buffalo Valley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buffalo Valley, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.453686, -87.613354. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Buffalo Valley includes the ZIP code (38462, 38548), telephone area code (901, 423), county seat of Lewis County (Hohenwald), and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.