Buffalo is located east of
Waco in
Leon County, between
Franklin and
Palestine where US 75, US 79, and I-45 meet.
It was established in 1872, on what are now the Missouri-Pacific tracks. Railroad passenger service to the community was discontinued in 1970.
In the 1990s Buffalo had an annual watermelon festival and a regular Labor Day-weekend festival known as the Buffalo Stampede. In 1990 Buffalo reported a population of 1,555.
