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Welcome to Buck Ford ...

Buck Ford is located in Marshall County<1>.

Buck Ford is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Buck Ford lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Buck Ford (for example, toward Menlo (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Buck Ford: 256 & 938<3>

Communities near Buck Ford ...

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

  • Albertville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Scottsboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Guntersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Guntersville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
    • Former names for Guntersville:
    • Gunter's Ferry
    • Gunter's Landing
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <4>
  • Arab
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Arab is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arab
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arab <4>
  • New Hope
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Owens' Cross Roads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Grant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Gurley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Section
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Woodville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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 Buck Ford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buck Ford.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buck Ford. 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 Buck Ford.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buck Ford ...

Looking for more information about Buck Ford? 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 Buck Ford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Buck Ford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buck Ford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Buck Ford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Buck Ford area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.