Buffalo County, Nebraska Genealogy

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Parent County
1855--Buffalo County was created 14 March 1855 as an original county. County seat: Kearney

Boundary Changes
The records are in the county record office.

Populated Places
Cities and Villages


 * Amherst
 * Buda
 * Elm Creek
 * Gibbon
 * Kearney
 * Miller
 * Pleasanton
 * Ravenna
 * Riverdale
 * Shelton

Buffalo County is also divided into some 26 townships

Neighboring Counties

 * Adams
 * Custer
 * Dawson
 * Hall
 * Howard
 * Kearney
 * Phelps
 * Sherman

Cemeteries

 * Buffalo County Cemeteries. Most of the county's cemeteries have been inventoried since around the rear 2000 and posted on Rootsweb, There is an alphabetical list of burials, also a list by cemetery. Each Cemetery is listed by name, code, and township and range.
 * The cemetery for the Immanuel Lutheran Churchis located about 2 miles Northwest of the town of Amherst. It's a small cemetery. Many of the headstones are for people of German descent.

Probate
The Family History Library has microfilm copies of Buffalo County &columns=*,0,0 probate records 1906-1956housed by the North Platte Genealogical Society in North Platte, Nebraska. As of April 2010 the society has an internet address but no web content.

Points of Interest

 * Trails and Rails Museumin Kearney, Nebraska

Vital Records
The Family History Library has microfilm copies of Buffalo County &columns=*,0,0 marriage records 1896-1993housed in the Nebraska State Historical Society and the Buffalo County Courthouse.

Societies and Libraries

 * Buffalo County Historical Society at Kearnney, Nebraska
 * Fort Kearney Genealogical Societyat Kearney, Nebraska

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog