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 | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Kandiyohi County, Minnesota |
| • elevation | 1125 ft |
| Mouth | |
• location | Carver County, Minnesota |
• elevation | 942 ft |
Buffalo Creek was so named from the fact buffalo bones were found there by pioneer settlers.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
- ^ 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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