About Buffalo
Buffalo, WY is a small town located in northern Wyoming counting 4,655 people who proudly call it home.
Buffalo holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 4.54 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,025 residents per square mile.
📰 Buffalo News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Buffalo Unique
- A top-25 city in Wyoming by population (#18 of 99 incorporated places).
- One of 16 places in the US named Buffalo — but the Wyoming one has a character all its own.
- Positioned in northern Wyoming, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 1+ neighboring communities within 19 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Buffalo
- Pizza Hut — pizza
- Clear Creek Cantina — mexican
- Duffy's Bluff — american
- Main Street Diner
- The Bozeman Trail Steakhouse — steak house
- The Lake Stop Cafe & Store (café)
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum · Museum
- Potters' Depot · Art gallery
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Buffalo
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Buffalo
- Buffalo High School
- Clear Creek Middle School
- Cloud Peak Elementary
- Meadowlark Elementary
- New West High School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- Johnson County Healthcare Center · Critical Access Hospitals
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.