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37.448711, -83.120458
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We found 39 communities that share the name Buckhorn.
There are two communities within Kentucky that are also named Buckhorn.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 37 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In Kentucky ...
Clay County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Buckhorn [Clay County].
Perry County
This Buckhorn is located in Perry County and lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Buckhorn.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Madison County
This Buckhorn is located in Madison County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Buckhorn.
Pike County
This Buckhorn is located in Pike County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km] to the south southwest of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Buckhorn.
Arizona
Maricopa County
This Buckhorn is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,625 miles [2,615.2 km]<2> to the west of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Buckhorn.
Arkansas
Lee County
This Buckhorn is located in Lee County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Buckhorn.
British Columbia
This Buckhorn lies 2,177 miles [3,503.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
California
Ventura County
This Buckhorn is located in Ventura County and lies 1,995 miles [3,210.6 km]<2> to the west of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ventura County community of Buckhorn.
Colorado
Larimer County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Buckhorn [Larimer County].
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Buckhorn is located in Hillsborough County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<2> to the south of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Buckhorn.
Taylor County
This Buckhorn is located in Taylor County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km] to the south of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Buckhorn.
Wakulla County
This Buckhorn is located in Wakulla County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km] to the south of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wakulla County community of Buckhorn.
Georgia
Laurens County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Buckhorn [Laurens County].
Illinois
Brown County
This Buckhorn is located in Brown County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Buckhorn.
Iowa
Jackson County
This Buckhorn is located in Jackson County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Buckhorn.
Louisiana
Webster Parish
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Buckhorn [Webster Parish].
Michigan
Berrien County
This Buckhorn is located in Berrien County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Buckhorn.
Cheboygan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Buckhorn [Cheboygan County].
Oakland County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Buckhorn [Oakland County].
Mississippi
Pontotoc County
This Buckhorn is located in Pontotoc County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Buckhorn.
Missouri
Madison County
This Buckhorn is located in Madison County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<2> to the west of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Buckhorn.
Pulaski County
This Buckhorn is located in Pulaski County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the west of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Buckhorn.
Nevada
Eureka County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Buckhorn [Eureka County].
New Mexico
Grant County
This Buckhorn is located in Grant County and lies 1,469 miles [2,364.1 km]<2> to the west of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Buckhorn.
North Carolina
Cumberland County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Buckhorn [Cumberland County].
Orange County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Buckhorn [Orange County].
Ohio
Lawrence County
This Buckhorn is located in Lawrence County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Buckhorn.
Meigs County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Buckhorn [Meigs County].
Ontario
This Buckhorn lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
Pennsylvania
Cambria County
This Buckhorn is located in Cambria County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Buckhorn.
Columbia County
This Buckhorn is located in Columbia County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km] to the northeast of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Buckhorn.
Texas
Austin County
This Buckhorn is located in Austin County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Austin County community of Buckhorn.
Newton County
This Buckhorn is located in Newton County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km] to the southwest of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Buckhorn.
Virginia
Suffolk City
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Buckhorn [Suffolk City].
Washington
San Juan County
This Buckhorn is located in San Juan County and lies 2,121 miles [3,413.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Buckhorn that is located in Knott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Buckhorn.
West Virginia
Preston County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Buckhorn [Preston County].
Wisconsin
Milwaukee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Buckhorn [Milwaukee County].
Wyoming
Laramie County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Buckhorn [Laramie County].
Weston County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Buckhorn [Weston County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buckhorn ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Baker Camp (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baker Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hardshell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Buckhorn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Buckhorn and extending to:
Hindman, which is the Seat of Knott County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Buckhorn to Hindman, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 344 miles [553.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,805 miles [7,732.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Buckhorn could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buckhorn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buckhorn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4487, Longitude: -83.1205 In this case, the coordinates for Buckhorn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Buckhorn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Buckhorn to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.574 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.425 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.779 degrees.