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Welcome to Buckhorn ...

So far, we found very little information about Buckhorn. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Buckhorn to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Buckhorn, please Contact Us.

Buckhorn would have been located within present day Webster Parish<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buckhorn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Buckhorn is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Buckhorn was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Buckhorn was located: 318 & 457<4>

Communities Also Named Buckhorn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Buckhorn - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Florida (3), Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky (3), Michigan (3), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Texas (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming (2).

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

Communities near Buckhorn ...

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

  • Minden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Haughton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ringgold
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sibley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Gibsland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Doyline
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hall Summit
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Dixie Inn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Dixie Inn is located in Webster Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Inn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
  • Dubberly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Castor
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

Adding Buckhorn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Buckhorn post office opened in 1850. The Buckhorn post office closed in 1896.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buckhorn.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Webster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buckhorn - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Buckhorn area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Buckhorn area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/