Buffalo Creek (Crow River tributary)

Buffalo Creek
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationKandiyohi County, Minnesota
 • elevation1125 ft
Mouth 
 • location
Carver County, Minnesota
 • elevation
942 ft

Buffalo Creek is an 84.3-mile-long (135.7 km) river in central Minnesota.[1] It is a tributary of the South Fork of the Crow River, which is a tributary of the Mississippi River.

Buffalo Creek was so named from the fact buffalo bones were found there by pioneer settlers.[2]

See also

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44°51′16″N 93°59′52″W / 44.8544067°N 93.9977485°W / 44.8544067; -93.9977485[3]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 29, 2012
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 319.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Creek