Buffalo Valley is an unincorporated town in far western Putnam County, Tennessee, United States.

[4] In the early 20th century, Buffalo Valley suffered one flood that swept a railroad bridge away and another that devastated the entire town.

The film utilized a railway bridge which crosses the Caney Fork River for a scene involving John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan).

[4] American bison would descend from the nearby Highland Rim to the valley to graze in the winter; the town was named when a particularly large one was killed.

Precipitation is generally highest in spring and lowest in August to October, although a secondary peak does occur in December.