Buffalo County, Nebraska

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The county was named after the once-prevalent buffalo herds. The Union Pacific Railroad came to the area in 1866; with additional settlers, the need to establish government was realized. Patrick Walsh, Martin Slattery, and a Sergeant Cody petitioned the governor to organize Buffalo County in 1869. Wood River Centre (Shelton) was selected through election as county seat. Within a year, the seat was moved to Gibbon. In 1874, voters selected Kearney as the seat.

Adjacent Counties

• Hall County
• Adams County
• Kearney County
• Phelps County
• Dawson County
• Custer County
• Sherman County
• Howard County

Cities, Villages & Townships

• Amherst
• Armada
• Beaver
• Cedar
• Center
• Cherry Creek
• Collins
• Divide
• Elm Creek
• Gardner
• Garfield
• Gibbon
• Grant
• Harrison
• Kearney (County Seat)
• Logan
• Loup
• Miller
• Odessa
• Platte
• Pleasanton
• Ravenna
• Riverdale
• Rusco
• Sartoria
• Schneider
• Scott
• Sharon
• Shelton
• Thornton
• Valley

Links

Wikipedia

Fort Kearny

National Register of Historic Places

NE Gen Web

Genealogy Trails

RAOGK

Roots Web

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