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Welcome to Buick ...

Buick is located in Iron County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

Buick is 1,440 feet [439 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Buick: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Buick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Buick - they are located in British Columbia and Colorado.

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

Communities near Buick ...

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

  • Viburnum
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Bunker
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Centerville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Boss
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Boss is located in Dent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss
  • Oates
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oates is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oates
  • Greeley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Greeley is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley
  • Good Water
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Good Water is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Water
  • Czar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Czar is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Czar
  • Dillard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dillard is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillard
  • Bee Fork
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bee Fork is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Fork

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buick ...

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

Adding Buick to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Buick post office opened in 1918. The Buick post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Iron, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buick - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Buick area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Buick 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/