Town of Buffalo Gap, Custer County, South Dakota, United States

Overview of Buffalo Gap

• Name:
  Buffalo Gap
• Official Name:
  Town of Buffalo Gap
• Place Type:
  Incorporated Town (county subdivision)
• Located In:
  Custer County, South Dakota, United States
  
• History (GNIS):
  Named from a nearby "gap" in the "hill" through which the Buffalo Fork of the Cheyenne River came out of the hill. (SD-T83/p. 49) Platted in 1885.
• Surveys:
  Township 6 South, Range 7 East, Black Hills Meridian
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:43.491650243° 29' 29.9"N

  Longitude:-103.3129750103° 18' 46.7"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Oral (Unorganized Territory of Northeast Fall River, Fall River County) 6.4 mi. S
  • Hot Springs (Fall River County) 9.1 mi. SW
  • Erskine (Unorganized Territory of Northeast Fall River, Fall River County) 13.3 mi. W
  • Smithwick (Robins Township, Fall River County) 14 mi. S
  • Fairburn 14.4 mi. N
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Buffalo Gap (Unorganized Territory of Northeast Fall River, Fall River County) 1.2 mi. S
  • Hines (Unorganized Territory of Northeast Fall River, Fall River County) 5.2 mi. SE
  • Fairview (Unorganized Territory of Northeast Fall River, Fall River County) 8.1 mi. S
  • W G Flats (Unorganized Territory of Northeast Fall River, Fall River County) 8.4 mi. SE
  • National (Hot Springs, Fall River County) 8.7 mi. SW
  • Evergreen (Hot Springs, Fall River County) 9.3 mi. W
  • State Veterans Home (Hot Springs, Fall River County) 10.2 mi. W
  • Cold Springs (Unorganized Territory of West Custer) 13.3 mi. NW
  • Reinke (Unorganized Territory of Northeast Fall River, Fall River County) 14.2 mi. S
  • Smithwick (Unorganized Territory of Northeast Fall River, Fall River County) 14.2 mi. S
  • Fairburn (Unorganized Territory of East Custer) 14.7 mi. NE
• Population:
  167
• Elevation:
  994 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  182632024
• Updated May 4, 2020