The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Buckeye.
Buckeye got its start circa 1901, following construction of the railroad through that territory.
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Buckeye’s post office opened in 1902, and 76% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1985 on and the census since 1910.
1902first post office
0on the National Register
76%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Buckeye began
When was Buckeye founded?
1902
The Buckeye post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 87 in 19102020 census: 86124 years
Founding year: the first Buckeye post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Buckeye’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Buckeye’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Buckeye’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.People over time
Buckeye, census by census
Lost half of its people between 1920 and 1960, then more than doubled.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Buckeye’s Wikipedia page.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Buckeye in 1883
Passages that mention Buckeye, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Hardin county, Iowa, together with sketches of its towns, villages and townships, educational, civil, military and political history ... and biographies of representative citizens1883 · page 550Read the page →
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manhood and received a common school education. In the spring of 1854 he came to the town of Buckeye, Hardin county, Iowa, and entered the southeast quarter of section 2. After remaining here about six weeks, he returned to Illinois, where he remained until 1866, when he again returned to Buckeye township, and the
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History of Hardin county, Iowa, together with sketches of its towns, villages and townships, educational, civil, military and political history ... and biographies of representative citizens1883 · page 553Read the page →
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grew to manhood and received a common school education. In 1 806 he came to Jones county, Iowa. After remaining there two yeare, he came to the town of Buckeye, Hardin county, Iowa, locating on section 5, where he still lives. He has held the offices of Trustee, Justice of the Peace, Assessor of the township, and School Direc-
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Buckeye, 1902 to 2000
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
Buckeye, decade by decade
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2004On the map
Buckeye on the map, 1985 to 1993
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Buckeye. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1985Ames sheet · 1:100,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Buckeye.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices and places now gone
Buckeye had its own post office from 1902 to 1972.
Buckeye
19001960today
Gone or out of use
Buckeye Post Officepost office
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Buckeye’s history
What year was Buckeye founded?
The Buckeye post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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 (4), Wikipedia, 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 old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.