Marker Inscription
Probably named for the pass in Callahan Divide (mountains) crossed by thousands of buffalo that once inhabited this area. Besides providing the native Apache and Comanche Indians with food, buffaloes drew the first white hunters here, about 1874. First homes in present town were dugouts of buffalo hunters. The community began to grow in 1878 when it was named county seat and was located on the western cattle trail. In 1883, however, the new railroad town of Abilene became county seat and Buffalo Gap, like so many small Texas towns, lost prestige.
About this site
Buffalo Gap is a historical marker in Buffalo Gap, Taylor County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 49 historical markers documented in Taylor County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 129 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.2848, -99.8284 near Buffalo Gap. The nearest cataloged historic site is Buffalo Gap College (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Indian Fight, Vicinity of, Taylor County Courthouse Museum (1880), and Old Taylor County Courthouse and Jail.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5441005523. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
