| Lake Buckhorn, Ohio | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Ohio#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Lake Buckhorn |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Holmes |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Mechanic |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.21 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.55 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.66 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.01 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.76 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.26 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 720 |
| Population Density Km2: | 158.22 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 409.79 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 873 |
| Coordinates: | 40.4744°N -81.9083°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Area Code: | 330 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-41349 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2628915 |
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. The community is built around 220acres Lake Buckhorn, a reservoir impounded in 1967.[3]
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 8miles to Millersburg, the Holmes county seat, and south 16miles to Coshocton.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Lake Buckhorn CDP has a total area of 5.21sqkm, of which 4.55sqkm are land and 0.66sqkm, or 12.66%, are water.[4]