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Welcome to Buffalo City ...

Buffalo City is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Buffalo City is located in Baxter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buffalo City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

Buffalo City is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Buffalo City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Buffalo City: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Buffalo City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Buffalo City - they are located in Kansas (2), Missouri, North Carolina and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buffalo City.

Communities near Buffalo City ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buffalo City.

  • Mountain Home
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Gassville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Bull Shoals
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Calico Rock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Flippin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Yellville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Cotter
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeview
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Summit
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Summit is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
  • Norfork
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Buffalo City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buffalo City.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buffalo City. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buffalo City.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Buffalo City. See our Newspapers Page for Buffalo City.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buffalo City ...

Looking for more information about Buffalo City? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Buffalo City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Buffalo City.

Adding Buffalo City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buffalo City in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Buffalo City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Buffalo City post office opened in 1848. The Buffalo City post office closed in 1896.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buffalo City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Baxter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buffalo City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Buffalo City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Buffalo City area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/