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Buffalo City, Wisconsin

Buffalo City is a city in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, Buffalo City had a population of 1,007.

The name may be derived from a buffalo animal husbandry operation in the past. The city was chartered in 1859. At that time it was the only city in Buffalo County.

The town may have been named for three brothers who raised buffalo on a bluff overlooking the city.

Buffalo City is located at 44°13′59″N 91°51′44″W / 44.23306°N 91.86222°W / 44.23306; -91.86222 (44.233180, -91.862219).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.04 square miles (15.64 km2), of which 2.11 square miles (5.46 km2) is land and 3.93 square miles (10.18 km2) is water.

It is located west of Cochrane on the shore of Spring Lake, a backwater of the Mississippi River.

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,023 people, 464 households, and 312 families living in the city. The population density was 484.8 inhabitants per square mile (187.2/km2). There were 577 housing units at an average density of 273.5 per square mile (105.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 98.4% White, 0.1% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.3% Asian, and 1.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.4% of the population.

There were 464 households, of which 22.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.8% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.60.

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