Buffalo Creek (Lake and Minnehaha counties, South Dakota)

Coordinates: 43°52′41″N 96°53′49″W / 43.87806°N 96.89694°W / 43.87806; -96.89694
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Buffalo Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]

Buffalo Creek was named for its source, Buffalo Lake, which in turn was named after the large number of buffalo bones found near it.[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Creek (Lake and Minnehaha counties, South Dakota)
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 16.

43°52′41″N 96°53′49″W / 43.87806°N 96.89694°W / 43.87806; -96.89694