Do you know of Buffalo ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Buffalo. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Buffalo.
We found mention of Buffalo as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Baxter County, Arkansas.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1928 and closed in 1955.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Buffalo ...
We found 57 communities that share the name Buffalo.
There are two communities within Arkansas that are also named Buffalo.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 55 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 55 communities, 55 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chambers County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Buffalo [Chambers County].
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Buffalo.
- Colorado
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Buffalo [Hillsborough County].
- Illinois
- Sangamon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Buffalo [Sangamon County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Doniphan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Buffalo [Doniphan County].
- Geary County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Buffalo [Geary County].
- Gove County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Buffalo [Gove County].
- Wilson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Buffalo [Wilson County].
- Kentucky
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Buffalo [Jackson County].
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Buffalo [Johnson County].
- Larue County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Buffalo [Larue County].
- Trigg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Buffalo [Trigg County].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Buffalo [Aroostook County].
- Minnesota
- Wright County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Buffalo [Wright County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Fergus County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Buffalo [Fergus County].
- Nebraska
- New York
- Erie County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Buffalo [Erie County].
- North Carolina
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Buffalo [Cherokee County].
- Iredell County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Buffalo [Iredell County].
- Stokes County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Buffalo [Stokes County].
- North Dakota
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Buffalo [Cass County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Beaver County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Buffalo [Beaver County].
- Harper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Buffalo [Harper County].
- Oregon
- Buffalo #1
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Buffalo.
- Pennsylvania
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Buffalo [Washington County].
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Buffalo.
- South Carolina
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Buffalo [Cherokee County].
- McCormick County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Buffalo [McCormick County].
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Buffalo [Union County].
- South Dakota
- Harding County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Buffalo [Harding County].
- Tennessee
- Anderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Buffalo [Anderson County].
- Hickman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Buffalo [Hickman County].
- Humphreys County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Buffalo [Humphreys County].
- Lawrence County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Buffalo [Lawrence County].
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Buffalo [Sullivan County].
- Texas
- Coleman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Buffalo [Coleman County].
- Henderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Buffalo [Henderson County].
- Leon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Buffalo [Leon County].
- Mills County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Buffalo [Mills County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Buffalo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Buffalo [Buffalo County].
- Wyoming
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Buffalo [Johnson County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Buffalo ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Buffalo:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
The FIPS database contains an entry for Buffalo.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 05/09670 (Place Name: Buffalo)
County: Baxter (FIPS State/County: 05/005)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Baxter County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Baxter County.
| Big North Fork | Gaitherville |
| Brooklyn | |
| North Fork | |
| Egypt | |
| Ellis | Pembina |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Buffalo could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |