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Buffalo, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Springfield. It is located about 14 miles [22 km] to the southwest of Buffalo and has a population of 111,454 people.<1>

The next largest community is Decatur. It is located about 25 miles [40 km] to the east of Buffalo and has a population of 81,860 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bloomington   NE49 mi [78.9 km]73,02612.68% increase
 Carlinville   SW46 mi [74 km]5,9624.87% increase
 Chatham   SW19 mi [30.58 km]10,67624.39% increase
 Clinton   NE31 mi [49.89 km]7,1544.42% decrease
 Hillsboro   S46 mi [74 km]6,16441.41% increase
 Jacksonville   W44 mi [70.8 km]19,4152.51% increase
 Lincoln   N20 mi [32.19 km]14,5415.39% decrease
 Litchfield   S48 mi [77.2 km]6,6472.47% decrease
 Monticello   E46 mi [74 km]5,3504.13% increase
 Mount Zion   E28 mi [45.06 km]5,1596.48% increase
 Pana   SE36 mi [57.9 km]5,7181.85% increase
 Pekin   N50 mi [80.5 km]33,4301.26% decrease
 Shelbyville   SE44 mi [70.8 km]4,6057.36% decrease
 Sullivan   E46 mi [74 km]4,3831.32% increase
 Taylorville   S20 mi [32.19 km]12,2387.1% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Clear Lake   W8 mi [12.87 km]2477.49% decrease
 Dawson   W2 mi [3.22 km]4620.86% decrease
 Elkhart   N12 mi [19.31 km]4234.51% decrease
 Grandview   W11 mi [17.7 km]1,4108.26% decrease
 Grove City   SE11 mi [17.7 km]---
 Illiopolis   E8 mi [12.87 km]8497.31% decrease
 Mechanicsburg   S2 mi [3.22 km]4491.54% decrease
 Mount Auburn   SE9 mi [14.48 km]5425.24% increase
 Mount Pulaski   NE12 mi [19.31 km]1,5807.11% decrease
 Niantic   E12 mi [19.31 km]6679.62% decrease
 Riverton   W7 mi [11.27 km]2,9891.94% decrease
 Rochester   SW9 mi [14.48 km]3,23611.86% increase
 Sherman   W10 mi [16.09 km]3,82733.3% increase
 Spaulding   W7 mi [11.27 km]82146.87% increase
 Williamsville   NW10 mi [16.09 km]1,3883.54% decrease

Sangamon County

Buffalo is located in Sangamon County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sangamon: Christian, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Menard, Montgomery and Morgan.

While not sharing a border with Sangamon, the counties of De Witt and Mason are close to Buffalo.

Below are counties that are near Buffalo (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Buffalo:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Buffalo
 Cass County   WAshland31 miles [49 km]
 Christian County   SRoby7 miles [11 km]
 De Witt County   NEKenney24 miles [38 km]
 Logan County   NCornland6 miles [9 km]
 Macon County   ENiantic12 miles [19 km]
 Macoupin County   SWVirden30 miles [48 km]
 Mason County   NWLuther27 miles [43 km]
 McLean County   NMcLean34 miles [54 km]
 Menard County   NWFancy Prairie14 miles [22 km]
 Montgomery County   SWhite Oak25 miles [40 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Buffalo. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Buffalo.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Buffalo and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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