Buckeye, Kansas

Buckeye is a rural unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States.^[1] Buckeye was started as a colony/settlement by Universalist preacher Vear P. Wilson. Buckeye colony had nearly two hundred settlers and a church built by 1870.^[2]

Buckeye had a post office from 1900 until 1904.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buckeye, Kansas
↑ Smith, Jessica (2013). "Morality and Money: A Look at how the Respectable Community Battled the Sporting Community over Prostitution in Kansas Cowtowns, 1867-1885". Kansas State University.
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 8 June 2014.

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Buckeye Colony Bibliography Kansas Historical Society
Dickinson County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Municipalities and communities of Dickinson County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Abilene

Cities	Abilene Carlton Chapman Enterprise Herington‡ Hope Manchester Solomon‡ Woodbine

CDPs	Detroit Talmage

Unincorporated communities	Acme Buckeye Dillon Elmo Holland Industry‡ Lyona Moonlight Navarre Pearl Shady Brook Stoney Sutphen Upland

Townships	Banner Buckeye Center Cheever Flora Fragrant Hill Garfield Grant Hayes Holland Hope Jefferson Liberty Lincoln Logan Lyon Newbern Noble Ridge Rinehart Sherman Union Wheatland Willowdale

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°02′48″N 97°10′01″W / 39.04667°N 97.16694°W / 39.04667; -97.16694

Buckeye, Kansas

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