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Welcome to Buxton ...

Buxton is located in Wilson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buxton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Buxton is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Buxton: 620

Communities Also Named Buxton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Buxton - they are located in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, Oregon and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Buxton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buxton ...

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

Adding Buxton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Buxton post office opened in 1887.

We also found Buxton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buxton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Wilson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buxton - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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