Welcome to Buffalo ...The city of Buffalo is located in Wilson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Buffalo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867. The origin (or the toponymy) of Buffalo: Named after Buffalo Creek. When the people of Buffalo refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Buffalonian<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Buffalo has a population of 210 people<3> (see below for details). Buffalo is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Buffalo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Buffalo: 620 The ZIP code for Buffalo: 66717<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Buffalo had an population of 210 people. This is a decrease of 9.48% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 26.06% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Buffalo had a population of 232 people. This makes Buffalo the county's 4th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 232 people, the population of Buffalo decreased 18.31% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 284 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Buffalo. Communities Also Named Buffalo ...While we believe that this Buffalo is located in Wilson County, we know of another 3 Kansas communities named Buffalo. Those communities are located in the following counties: Doniphan, Geary and Gove County. Beyond Kansas, there are 57 communities that are also named Buffalo - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas (3), Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa (2), Kentucky (4), Maine, Minnesota, Missouri (3), Montana, Nebraska (2), New York, North Carolina (3), North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, South Carolina (3), South Dakota, Tennessee (5), Texas (4), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buffalo. Communities near Buffalo ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buffalo.
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buffalo. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buffalo. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Buffalo. See our Newspapers Page for Buffalo. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buffalo ...Looking for more information about Buffalo? 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, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Buffalo. Adding Buffalo to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Buffalo 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 for Buffalo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Buffalo in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Buffalo. Footnotes ...
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