Buffalo Lake (Minnehaha County, South Dakota)

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Buffalo Lake
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Buffalo Lake
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Buffalo Lake
Location Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Coordinates 43°49′44″N97°02′59″W / 43.8289234°N 97.0496866°W / 43.8289234; -97.0496866
Type lake
Surface elevation1,650 feet (500 m)

Buffalo Lake is a lake in South Dakota, in the United States. [1]

Buffalo Lake was so named on account of the lake being a natural habitat of buffalo fish. [2]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Lake (Minnehaha County, South Dakota)
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.2. University of South Dakota. p. 13.