Buffalo County, Nebraska has 68 churches in the Churches List directory, 4 of them verified and 25 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 65 congregations and 26,047 adherents across 29 religious bodies in the county. That is 520 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 50,084 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 8 | 9,833 | 196.3 |
| United Methodist Church | 11 | 4,661 | 93.1 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 7 | 3,247 | 64.8 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 3 | 1,770 | 35.3 |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA | 2 | 1,553 | 31.0 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 2 | 1,427 | 28.5 |
| Assemblies of God | 2 | 1,042 | 20.8 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 1 | 481 | 9.6 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 3 | 369 | 7.4 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 1 | 265 | 5.3 |
| Open Bible Churches | 1 | 214 | 4.3 |
| Episcopal Church | 1 | 201 | 4.0 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (50,084). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
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Directory traditions here: Catholic (12) · Lutheran (12) · United Methodist (7) · Baptist Churches (4) · Non-Denominational (3) · Evangelical (3) · Christian (3) · Methodist (3) · Seventh Day Adventist (3) · Church of God (2)
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Nebraska counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Buffalo County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
FEMA has issued 18 disaster declarations covering Buffalo County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2022. The most frequent cause: severe storm (10 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
Directory listings are mapped to Buffalo County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.