Welcome to Buckbee ...

Buckbee is located in Waupaca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buckbee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Buckbee is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Buckbee ...

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

Shawano
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
New London
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
Clintonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
Manawa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
Iola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
Marion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
Shiocton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
Tigerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
Gresham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
Bear Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people

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

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

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

Adding Buckbee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buckbee 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 Buckbee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Buckbee post office opened in 1884. The Buckbee post office closed in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buckbee.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waupaca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buckbee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	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/