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Welcome to Bucksville ...

Bucksville is located in Tuscaloosa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bucksville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1833.

Bucksville is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bucksville: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Bucksville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Bucksville - they are located in Arkansas, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Bucksville ...

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

  • Hoover
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <4>
  • Alabaster
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Bessemer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pelham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Helena
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hueytown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Fairfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Montevallo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Midfield
    (15 miles [24.1 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 Bucksville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bucksville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bucksville ...

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

Adding Bucksville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bucksville 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 (so far) for Bucksville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bucksville post office opened in 1833. The Bucksville post office closed in 1838.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bucksville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Tuscaloosa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bucksville - 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 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Bucksville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Bucksville 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/