Welcome to Buckingham ...

Buckingham is located in Lee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buckingham, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

Buckingham is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Buckingham lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Buckingham: (239)

Websites for Buckingham ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.iloveleecounty.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Buckingham, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Buckingham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Florida communities named Buckingham: This one is located in Lee County and the other is located in Hillsborough County.

Beyond Florida, there are 20 communities that are also named Buckingham - they are located in Alabama, Colorado (2), Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Texas and Virginia (4).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buckingham.

Communities near Buckingham ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buckingham.

• Cape Coral
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Coral
  • Cape Coral is located in Lee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 200,972 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cape Coral <3>
• Fort Myers
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Myers
  • Fort Myers is located in Lee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 91,086 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Myers <3>
• Estero
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estero
  • Estero is located in Lee County
  • Estero has also been known as:
  • Estero Village
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Estero <3>
• La Belle
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
  • La Belle is located in Hendry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,263 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Belle <3>
• Morse Shores
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morse Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Shores
  • Morse Shores is located in Lee County
• Tice
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tice
  • Tice is located in Lee County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tice <3>
• Lehigh Acres
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehigh Acres
  • Lehigh Acres is located in Lee County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lehigh Acres <3>
• Gateway
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gateway have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
  • Gateway is located in Lee County
• East Dunbar
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dunbar
  • East Dunbar is located in Lee County
• Samville ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Samville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samville
  • Samville is located in Lee County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Buckingham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buckingham.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buckingham. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buckingham.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Buckingham. See our Newspapers Page for Buckingham.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buckingham ...

Looking for more information about Buckingham? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Buckingham, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Buckingham.

Adding Buckingham to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buckingham in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Buckingham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Buckingham post office opened in 1889.

We also found Buckingham in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buckingham.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Buckingham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lee County: www.lee-county.com/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/