From the Iowa State Gazeteer and Business Directory 1882:

BUFFALO. A village of 500 inhabitants on the Mississippi River and a station on the Muscatine br. C.R.I. & P. Ry in the southwestern part of Scott county, nine miles from Davenport (c.h.) which contains its nearest bank , 150 from Des Moines and 70 (air line) from Dubuque. It contains several churches, a public school and weeklly newspaper. Tri-weekly mail stages run to Blue Grass and Muscatine. Exp. U.S. Tel., W.U. Mail daily. Wm Karges, postmaster.

Aliethuer S.C., physician
Appel, Conrad, general store
Bald, Mrs., stone quarry
Baumgarten, Rev. W.E. (Methodist)
Bohl John, flour and feed
Bronely Capt., ferry boat propr.
Cass H.H. , lumber
De Santo H.H., druggist
DeSteiger Glass Co.
Dorman H & Sons, general store
Hall E., railroad agent
Herbert V., hotel propr.
Herkel S., hotel propr.
Hirsemann C., hotel propr.
Hoffbauer H., brewer
Hoffbaum Hugo, justice of peace
Karges Wm, General Store
Kruse Bros, hardware
Lee Wm, stoneware mnfr.
Mauers Mrs. saloon
Metzger & Friske, building stone
Rowen John, mayor
Vonach Henry, saloon
Wells, G.R., physician
Whisler Rev. J. H. (Christian)