[6] Buffalo's founders issued instructions for all buildings to be built of stone, thereby many of those structures survived the test of time.

[10] According to the United States Census Bureau, Buffalo has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.

[1] The city lies in the northwestern corner of Oklahoma at the Panhandle's eastern entrance, along U.S. routes 64/183, 12 miles (19 km) south of the Kansas state line.

[6] Doby Springs Park and Campgrounds, located about 11 miles west,[11] includes a fishing lake, camping sites, a playground, and nature trails along rolling canyons.

[13] While not the snowiest location in Oklahoma ranked by highest annual average snowfall, Buffalo has the distinction of holding the State snowfall record over 24 hours, being 23” which fell February 21, 1971.

28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Buffalo School District oversees primary and secondary education.