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Welcome to Buck Knob ...

Buck Knob is located in Scott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buck Knob, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Buck Knob is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Buck Knob: 479

Communities near Buck Knob ...

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

  • Mena
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Waldron
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Oden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oden is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oden <3>
  • Parks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Parks is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks
  • Boles
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Y City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Y City is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Y City
  • Gate ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Gate is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate
  • Harvey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Harvey is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
  • Pencil Bluff
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitetown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitetown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buck Knob ...

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

Adding Buck Knob to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buck Knob in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Buck Knob was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Buck Knob post office opened in 1874. The Buck Knob post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buck Knob.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Scott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buck Knob - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/