Buffalo Creek is an river in central Minnesota.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed November 29, 2012 It is a tributary of the South Fork of the Crow River, which is a tributary of the Mississippi River.

Buffalo Creek was so named from the fact buffalo bones were found there by pioneer settlers. The area around this river was well known to the Dakota people as an excellent hunting ground of buffalo and other ruminants, and so the river was historically known as "Ṭaṗá Oháƞpi Wakpá", or the "Animal Head Broth River".

See also List of rivers of Minnesota

References

Minnesota Watersheds USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)