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Welcome to Buckland ...

Buckland is located in Hartford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buckland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

Buckland is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Buckland: 860 & 959<3>

Communities Also Named Buckland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Buckland - they are located in Alaska, Iowa, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Quebec and Virginia.

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

Communities near Buckland ...

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

  • Hartford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hartford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hartford is located in Hartford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121,535 people
  • New Britain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • New Britain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • New Britain is located in Hartford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,198 people
  • West Hartford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • West Hartford is located in Hartford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hartford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,868 people
  • East Hartford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • East Hartford is located in Hartford County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,630 people
  • Middletown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Middletown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Middletown is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,013 people
  • Enfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Enfield is located in Hartford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,559 people
  • Glastonbury
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Glastonbury is located in Hartford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastonbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,426 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buckland ...

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

Adding Buckland to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Buckland post office opened in 1848. The Buckland post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buckland.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Connecticut's counties, including Hartford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buckland - 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 860 code has been Overlayed with the 959 area code. New phone numbers in the Buckland area will be assigned with one of these codes: 860 or 959. As a result, placing a call in the Buckland 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/