WayfarrowBuffalo
Ghost town · Brown County, Indiana
Buffalo is a ghost town in Brown County, Indiana. It is one of 2 former communities in Brown County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 8th among the 33 Indiana counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Buffalo as a historical populated place on the Story topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.0567° N, 86.1450° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Story |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 788 ft |
| Nearest living town | Freetown, IN |
| Distance to it | 5.4 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 452118 |
| Coordinates | 39.05672, -86.14499 |
What's there now
Buffalo is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Freetown, IN (population 266), about 5.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 788 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Stratfordghost town · Marion County · 5.9 mi
- Younoghost town · Brown County · 9.3 mi
- Ramp Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 10.3 mi
- Shields' Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jackson County · 12.4 mi
- Bell Ford Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jackson County · 12.9 mi
- Bean Blossom Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 15.3 mi
- New Brownsville Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 15.5 mi
- Brownsville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 15.5 mi
- Medora Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jackson County · 16.5 mi
- Tanneyhill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 18.9 mi
- Yountsville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 18.9 mi
- Kansasghost town · Bartholomew County · 19.9 mi
Questions
Where is Buffalo?
Buffalo is in Brown County, Indiana, at 39.0567, -86.1450.
How many ghost towns are in Brown County?
Brown County, Indiana has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.