Welcome to Buckhorn ...So far, we found very little information about Buckhorn. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Buckhorn to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Buckhorn, please Contact Us. Buckhorn would have been located within present day Weston County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Buckhorn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901. While the community is gone, the present day location for Buckhorn is 5,990 feet [1,826 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Buckhorn is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Buckhorn was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Buckhorn was located: 307 Communities Also Named Buckhorn ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wyoming communities named Buckhorn: This one is located in Weston County and the other is located in Laramie County. Beyond Wyoming, there are 39 communities that are also named Buckhorn - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Florida (3), Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Michigan (3), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Texas (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buckhorn. Communities near Buckhorn ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buckhorn.
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 Buckhorn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buckhorn. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buckhorn. 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 Buckhorn. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Buckhorn. See our Newspapers Page for Buckhorn. Adding Buckhorn to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Buckhorn. Footnotes ...
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