Buffalo, Montana

Buffalo is an unincorporated rural hamlet in Fergus County, Montana, United States. Buffalo has a church, a post office serving ZIP code 59418, no other businesses or services, and only perhaps half a dozen homes.[1] It was named for the buffalo which roamed this area.[2]

The post office was established in 1890.[3] It closed for several years until the Great Northern Railroad created a line to Billings with Buffalo as a station.[2]

Buffalo is bordered by Lewis and Clark National Forest. It is located between the Little Belt Mountains and the Big Snowy Mountains.

  1. ^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Carkeek Cheney, Roberta (1983). Names on the Face of Montana. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87842-150-5.
  3. ^ "Montana Place Names Companion". Montana Historical Society. Retrieved July 29, 2017.