Buffalo West Virginia Map
Explore Buffalo, West Virginia, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Buffalo, West Virginia
How to Use This Buffalo, West Virginia Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Buffalo, West Virginia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of West Virginia or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Buffalo.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Buffalo |
| State | West Virginia (WV) |
| County | Putnam County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.617586 |
| Longitude | -81.981804 |
| Population | 1,211 |
| Density | 337.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 25033 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| County Seat | Winfield |
| School District | Putnam County School District |
About Buffalo, West Virginia
Buffalo is a locality in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,211. The population density is 337.4 people per km². Buffalo is located at 38.6176°N, 81.9818°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Buffalo is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 25033.Buffalo emerges from the landscape where the steady, dark current of Cross Creek carves a narrow path through the dense, verdant growth of the West Virginia lowlands. It lies 11.9 miles north-northwest of Teays Valley, WV (from Teays Valley, WV: bearing 346°T), and is situated 7.5 miles northwest of Winfield. The air here holds the weight of deep woods and damp earth, a stillness that clings to the valley floor long after the sun has slipped behind the distant, shadowed silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains. Light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the fields into a muted palette of amber and slate, while the ground itself feels ancient, layered with the quiet persistence of rainfall and slow-growing oak. Four miles away, the rugged terrain of Barn Hollow offers a tangled, wild sanctuary, contrasting with the more managed, hushed expanse of the Chief Cornstalk Wildlife Management Area, where the forest floor remains a chaotic, living mosaic of fern and fallen timber.
Buffalo carries the quiet, enduring rhythm of a place shaped by the industry of the soil and the legacy of the riverbank. Long before the modern sprawl of manufacturing plants defined the local skyline, the land was a quiet intersection of trade and movement, its history etched into the stubborn character of those who reside in the hollows and along the ridges. The economy remains anchored by a persistent, blue-collar pulse, drawing from a tradition of labor that values the tangible over the ephemeral. Every morning, the local pace is set by the low hum of machinery and the slow, deliberate movement of traffic moving past the creek, a routine that feels less like the frantic bustle of a metropolis and more like a steady, rhythmic breath. Life in Buffalo remains bound to the seasons, a quiet, unadorned existence where the value of a day is measured by the work accomplished and the simple, grounding weight of the landscape that surrounds it.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Chief Cornstalk Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 348° N
- Eleanor Park (Local Recreation) — 5.6 mi, 157° SE
- Winfield Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 156° SE
- Amherst/Plymouth Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 122° SE
- Milton Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 214° SW
- Indian Rock (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 151° SE
- Battle of Point Pleasant Monument (Monument) — 17.6 mi, 331° NW
- Mothman Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.7 mi, 332° NW
- Silver Bridge Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 332° NW
- Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.5 mi, 010° N · 6,562 acres
- Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 18.5 mi, 300° NW · 243k acres
- Washington's Western Lands Museum (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 028° NE
- Elk City Playhouse (Theatre) — 25.6 mi, 134° SE
- Park Place Stadium Cinema 11 (Cinema) — 26.3 mi, 134° SE
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 135° SE
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About This Buffalo Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buffalo, West Virginia. Coordinates: 38.617586, -81.981804. 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 includes the ZIP code (25033), telephone area code (304), county seat of Putnam County (Winfield), and school district assignment (Putnam County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
