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Buffalo

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท INDIANA

A historical populated place in Brown County, Indiana, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Buffalo
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Indiana
County
Brown County
USGS Map
Story
Coordinates
39.0567176, -86.1449869
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GNIS Feature ID
452118

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

see http://209.104.0.64/BrownCounty/docs/BrownCo_Low.pdf

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 452118. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Text Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana. Chicago: Baskin, Forster and Company, 1876. An extensively illustrated atlas which includes several U.S. and Indiana thematic and political maps, and maps of counties, towns and cities. The atlas also has many illustrations and portraits, patrons' and business directories, county histories and a U.S. Post Office list.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.