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History · Bucks

Bucks’ post office opened in 1911

Below: maps from 1943 on.

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How Bucks began

When was Bucks founded?

1911

The Bucks post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 22115 years
Founding year: the first Bucks post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Bucks’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Bucks are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Bucks, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bucks yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Bucks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 22, down from 32 at the 2010 census. It is located in the northeastern section of the county near the Mobile River, along U.S. Route 43. The James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant, a coal- and natural gas-fired power station operated by Alabama Power, is located in Bucks.

Its first post office opened in 1911. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 32 to 22 (-31%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Bucks, decade by decade

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Barry Power Plant2009Barry Power Plant
On the map

Bucks on the map, 1943 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bucks. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Bucks on the 1943 USGS mapBucks on the 1982 USGS map1943Citronelle sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bucks.

Famous people

Famous people close to Bucks

Nobody well known was born in Bucks itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Tim CookAmerican business executive, former Apple execu… · b. 1960
Lloyd J. Austin IIIUnited States 28th Secretary of Defense · b. 1953
Hank AaronAmerican baseball player · b. 1934
Laverne CoxAmerican actress and LGBT advocate · b. 1972
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Gregory BenfordScience fiction author and astrophysicist · b. 1941
DeMarcus CousinsAmerican basketball player · b. 1990

Questions about Bucks’ history

What year was Bucks founded?

The Bucks post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.