Buffalo Creek (Crow River tributary)

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
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationKandiyohi County, Minnesota
  elevation1125 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

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, 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


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