The story
Read it all →How Buffalo Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Buffalo Township.
The Buffalo Presbyterian Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Buffalo Township
17% of Buffalo Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 67% of U.S. towns · #518 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Buffalo Presbyterian Church. Below: maps from 1893 on.
1on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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About Buffalo Township’s history
How historic is Buffalo Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 67% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Buffalo Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Buffalo Township is more historic than 67% of U.S. towns, #518 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Buffalo Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194017.0% of homes (±8.2) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%BNational Register1 listing, 2.8 per 10,000 residents · typical PA town 2.1 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 67%
NewerOlder
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,035)Ahead of 50%
Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Buffalo Township’s 2.8 sits near the middle of its state (60% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.2 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Buffalo Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Buffalo Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Buffalo Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 18936 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1994. Watch Buffalo Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Buffalo Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Buffalo Cross Roads
Vicksburg
Cowan
Mazeppa
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Buffalo CrossroadsCameronCowanMazeppaVicksburg
Gone or out of use
Lewisburg Airfieldairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Buffalo Township
Mazeppa Union Cemetery WestMazeppa Union Church Cemetery East
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Buffalo Township on the map, 1893 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Buffalo Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1893Sunbury sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Buffalo Township.
Timeline
Buffalo Township, 1832 to 1943
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1832Post officeThe Buffalo Cross Roads post office opens
- 1865Post officeThe Vicksburg post office opens
- 1866Post officeThe Cowan post office opens
- 1893
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1895Post officeThe Buffalo Cross Roads post office closes
- 20th century
- 1943Post officeThe Cowan post office closes
By decade
Buffalo Township, decade by decade
Today10 recent
2015Dale's Ridge Trail (1)
2013Vicksburg, PA Keystone Marker 1 crop
2012Pennsylvania State Route 192
2011Vicksburg, PA Keystone Marker 1
2011Farms in Buffalo Township
2009Vicksburg, PA Keystone Marker 2
2009Buffalo Township Complementary
2008Buffalo Township farm
2008Buffalo Township Farm
2008Map of Union County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Buffal…MapOn the National Register
1 historic place in Buffalo Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1976
Buffalo Presbyterian Church
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Vernacular1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Buffalo Township
Nobody well known was born in Buffalo Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Buffalo Township’s history
How does Buffalo Township rank for history?
Buffalo Township is more historic than 67% of U.S. towns, #518 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Buffalo Township?
One place: the Buffalo Presbyterian Church (listed 1976).
How old are the homes in Buffalo Township?
17% of Buffalo Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.2 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1980.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (10), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.