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Buffalo Springs

Ghost town · Comal County, Texas

Hunter quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1929, 1:62,500)
Hunter quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1929, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Buffalo Springs is a ghost town in Comal County, Texas. It is one of 5 former communities in Comal County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 20th among the 165 Texas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Buffalo Springs as a historical populated place on the Sattler topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 29.8049° N, 98.1742° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSattler
Elevation709 ft
Nearest living townCanyon Lake, TX
Distance to it7.2 miles
GNIS feature ID2034682
Coordinates29.80494, -98.17418

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What's there now

Buffalo Springs is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Canyon Lake, TX (population 32,924), about 7.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 709 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Buffalo Springs?

Buffalo Springs is in Comal County, Texas, at 29.8049, -98.1742.

How many ghost towns are in Comal County?

Comal County, Texas has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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