Buffalo Springs (formerly, Buffalo Mineral Springs and Buffalo Lithia Springs) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Mecklenburg County,

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, United States. It lies at an elevation of 364 feet (111 m). Located at Buffalo Springs is the Buffalo Springs Historical Archeological District, listed on the

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in 1998. The name, Buffalo Springs, specifically refers to a natural springs found in the area. There was once a resort at the Springs, containing golf courses and even a bowling alley, but when water sales dropped the resort lost favor. Like many historically black communities, the property surrounding the springs was eventually purchased by the US Army Corps of Engineers as part of the John H. Kerr Reservoir. Trading paths throughout the area were once controlled by the Occaneechi, a historically black Native American tribe. To this day, descendants of the Occaneechi live near, and collect water from, this once thriving, unsegregated resort community.

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Unincorporated communities in Mecklenburg County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{MecklenburgCountyVA-geo-stub