Editing Buffalo, Kansas (section)

==History==
Buffalo was founded in 1867.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n422 315]}}</ref> It took its name from Buffalo Creek, which was named after the [[American bison]], commonly known as the buffalo.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xvk0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA881 | title=History of Neosho and Wilson Counties, Kansas | publisher=Monitor Printing Company | author=Duncan, L. Wallace | year=1902 | pages=881}}</ref>

The first store in Buffalo opened in 1869 and the first hotel in 1870. Buffalo experienced growth in 1886 when the Missouri Pacific Railroad was built through it.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xvk0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA913 | title=History of Neosho and Wilson Counties, Kansas | publisher=Monitor Printing Company | author=Duncan, L. Wallace | year=1902 | pages=913}}</ref> Buffalo was incorporated as a city in 1898.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n245 249]}}</ref>