Lake Buckhorn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mechanic Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 720.[2] It is a private, members-only gated community.[3] The community is built around 220-acre (89 ha) Lake Buckhorn, a reservoir impounded in 1967.[3]

Lake Buckhorn, Ohio
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 40°28′28″N 81°54′30″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Holmes
Township	Mechanic
Area [1]
• Total	2.01 sq mi (5.21 km2)
• Land	1.76 sq mi (4.55 km2)
• Water	0.26 sq mi (0.66 km2)
Elevation	880 ft (270 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	720
• Density	409.79/sq mi (158.22/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	330
FIPS code	39-41349
GNIS feature ID	1077714
Website	www.lakebuckhorn.info/index.html

Geography

Lake Buckhorn is in south-central Holmes County on a tributary of Doughty Creek, a southwest-flowing tributary of Killbuck Creek and part of the Walhonding River watershed flowing to the Ohio River. Ohio State Route 83 forms the eastern boundary of the community. The highway leads north 8 miles (13 km) to Millersburg, the Holmes county seat, and south 16 miles (26 km) to Coshocton.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Lake Buckhorn CDP has a total area of 2.01 square miles (5.21 km²), of which 1.76 square miles (4.55 km²) are land and 0.25 square miles (0.66 km²), or 12.66%, are water.[4]

Demographics

References

External links

• Lake Buckhorn - Millerburg, Ohio