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History · Buckeye Township

The history of Buckeye Township

Below: maps from 1972 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Buckeye Township’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 Buckeye Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Buckeye Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 30 to 28 (-7%).

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Buckeye Township on the map, 1972 to 1994

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

Buckeye Township on the 1972 USGS mapBuckeye Township on the 1986 USGS mapBuckeye Township on the 1994 USGS map1972Kunkel Lake 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 Buckeye Township.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
White Fieldairport
1cemetery inside Buckeye Township
Buckeye Lutheran

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Weiser TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Williams TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townQuinby TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.