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Welcome to Buck Meadows ...

Buck Meadows is located in Mariposa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buck Meadows, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

A typical abbreviation for Buck Meadows: Buck Mdws.

Buck Meadows is 3,010 feet [917 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Buck Meadows is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Buck Meadows lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Buck Meadows: 209 & 350<3>

Communities near Buck Meadows ...

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

  • Dogtown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Dogtown is located in Mariposa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
  • Groveland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Big Oak Flat
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Coulterville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mather
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mather is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
  • Moccasin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Tuolumne
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bagby ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bagby is located in Mariposa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagby
  • Tuolumne City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuolumne City is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne City
  • Jacksonville ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jacksonville is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buck Meadows ...

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

Adding Buck Meadows to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buck Meadows 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 Buck Meadows was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Buck Meadows post office opened in 1915. The Buck Meadows post office closed in 1925.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Mariposa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buck Meadows - 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 209 code has been Overlayed with the 350 area code. New phone numbers in the Buck Meadows area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Buck Meadows 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/