Buckeye is an unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States.[1]

History

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]

Education

The community is served by Chapman USD 473 public school district.

References

  1. "Buckeye, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. Smith, Jessica (2013). "Morality and Money: A Look at how the Respectable Community Battled the Sporting Community over Prostitution in Kansas Cowtowns, 1867-1885" (PDF). Kansas State University.
  3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on September 9, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2014.

Further reading

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


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