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History · Buckner

Buckner’s post office opened in 1883, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1914 on and the census since 1890.

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33%homes built before 1940
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How Buckner began

When was Buckner founded?

1883

The Buckner post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 312 in 18902020 census: 165143 years
Founding year: the first Buckner post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Buckner’s 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 Buckner are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 450 in 1940; 165 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Buckner’s history is told.

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People over time

Buckner, census by census

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Peaked at 450 in 1940; 165 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Buckner’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Buckner, in brief

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

Buckner is a city in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 165 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 275 to 165 (-40%).

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

Timeline

Buckner, 1883 to 1968

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Buckner post office opens
  3. 1894Born hereSid Benton is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 450
  6. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Buckner, decade by decade

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On the map

Buckner on the map, 1968 to 1986

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

Buckner on the 1968 USGS mapBuckner on the 1986 USGS map1968Buckner sheet · 1:24,000

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

Every building

Buckner, building by building, 1914

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Questions about Buckner’s history

What year was Buckner founded?

The Buckner post office opened in 1883, 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), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.