Welcome to Buck ...

Buck is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buck, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

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

Area Code for Buck: 936

Communities Also Named Buck ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Buck - they are located in Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Adding Buck to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buck 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 Buck was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Buck in the book titled .<2> X3X - From that list, the Buck post office opened in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buck.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/