Buffalo, Nebraska
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| name = Buffalo, Nebraska
| settlement_type = Unincorporated Community
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_type2 = County
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| subdivision_name2 = Dawson
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Buffalo is an unincorporated community in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States.{{GNIS|835262|name=Buffalo, Nebraska}}
History
A post office was established at Buffalo in 1896, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NE&county=Dawson | title=Dawson County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=25 August 2014}} Buffalo was named for the American bison (buffalo) which once roamed the area.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 | pages=51| isbn=0803250606 }} A [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc 1925 edition] is available for download at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.]
References
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{{Dawson County, Nebraska}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Dawson County, Nebraska
Category:Unincorporated communities in Nebraska
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