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BUFFALO, TEXAS
East Texas Ghost
Town
Henderson County
On the Trinity River
Population: 0
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History
in a Pecan Shell
The now-defunct town of Buffalo was the first county seat of Henederson
County and was established in the 1840s. A ferry on the Trinity River
was in operation in 1846. When the Nacodoches District was split into
Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt, Rockwall, Wood, and (part of) Rains
counties, Buffalo was surveyed as the new county seat. Investors were
initially attracted to the promise of a river port- county seat but
the Texas Legislature reduced the size of the county in 1848 and a
new center was needed. This new town was called Centerville
but another reduction in 1850 caused Athens
to be chosen as county seat and both Centerville
and Buffalo became ghosts - although both names live on in other counties.
(See Centerville
and Buffalo
in Leon County) |
Buffalo
Texas Forum
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