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BUFFALO, TEXASLeon County,
Central Texas S
Highways 79 and 75 and Interstate 45
14 miles N of Centerville
36 miles SW of Palestine
29 miles E of Groesbeck
99 miles SE of Dallas
Population: 1,804 (2000)
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Downtown
Buffalo
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2006 |
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History in
a Pecan Shell
Buffalo was
named for the once-abundant animals when the International-Great
Northern Railroad arrived in 1872. The Buffalo post office was granted
four years later. Buffalo's first school was held in a two-story
building that later became a community center and later still -
a hotel.
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Buffalo
water tower
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2006 |
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The population
of Buffalo grew from 200 to 500 from 1890 to 1892. Buffalo incorporated
in 1913 when the town comprised an area of four square miles. It
was unincorporated in 1917 and later reincorporated.
From a pre-Depression
population of 650 in 1929, it fell to 470 by 1931 but grew to 850
by the end of the 1930s. Passenger service was discontinued in 1970.
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Buffalo
City Hall, by the water tower
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, April 2006 |
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