Buffalo

History

In 1907, the town was "staked out" and a post office was established with the name Buffalo, which was derived from nearby Buffalo Creek. In 1908, a county seat election gave the seat to Buffalo and the town was incorporated in the same year. Buffalo's founders issued instructions for all buildings to be built of stone, thereby many of those structures survived the test of time. When citizens of Harper County decided to link their county seat with the railroads, they created the Buffalo and Northwestern Railroad, which arrived in Buffalo in May 1920. However, that trackage was abandoned in 1982, and Buffalo currently has no rail service.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Buffalo has a total area of , all land. includes a fishing lake, camping sites, a playground, and nature trails along rolling canyons. The complex also has a PGA-rated 9-hole golf course.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  271
• Western Meadowlark

  Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844 · Aves
  174
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  164
• Eastern Meadowlark

  Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  151
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  131
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  127
• Brown-headed Cowbird

  Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  125
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  111