Welcome to Buckeye ...So far, we found very little information about Buckeye. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Buckeye to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Buckeye, please Contact Us. Buckeye would have been located within present day Highland County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Buckeye, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889. While the community is gone, the present day location for Buckeye is 2,270 feet [692 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Buckeye is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Buckeye was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Buckeye was located: 540 & 826<4> Communities Also Named Buckeye ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Buckeye: This one is located in Highland County and the other is located in Hanover County. Beyond Virginia, there are 30 communities that are also named Buckeye - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas (2), California (3), Colorado, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio (3), Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buckeye. Communities near Buckeye ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buckeye.
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 Buckeye. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buckeye. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buckeye. 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 Buckeye. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Buckeye. See our Newspapers Page for Buckeye. Adding Buckeye to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Buckeye 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 Buckeye was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Buckeye. Footnotes ...
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