Buffalo Creek (Crow River)

Buffalo Creek
Country	United States
Basin features
Main source	Minnesota

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

List of rivers of Minnesota

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

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed November 29, 2012
↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 319.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Creek

Minnesota Watersheds
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)

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