Do you know of Buck Shoals ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Buck Shoals. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Buck Shoals.<1>

Our sources for Buck Shoals (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Buck Shoals other than they indicate that Buck Shoals would be found somewhere in Yadkin County, North Carolina.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Buck Shoals ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Buck Shoals:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Buck Shoals - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Buck Shoals.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 37/08600   (Place Name: Buck Shoals)

County: Yadkin     (FIPS State/County: 37/197)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Buck Shoals) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Yadkin County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Yadkin County.