Lake Buckhorn, Ohio

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

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 to Millersburg, the Holmes county seat, and south to Coshocton.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Lake Buckhorn CDP has a total area of, of which are land and, or 12.66%, are water.