Buckingham, Iowa

Buckingham, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Buckingham, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°15′45″N 92°26′52″W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Tama
Elevation	899 ft (274 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	641
GNIS feature ID	454939[1]

Buckingham is an unincorporated community located near the intersections of Hwy D-65 and U.S. Highway 63 in Buckingham Township, Tama County, Iowa, United States. It lies 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of Traer and 11 miles (18 km) south of Hudson. Buckingham is located at 42°15′45″N 92°26′52″W.

The zip code for Buckingham is 50612. The postal district covers a large rural community across northern Tama County and southern Black Hawk County including such notable neighborhoods as Hickory Hollow and the old Geneseo school district.

Buckingham was named after Buckingham County, Virginia.^[2] Present day Buckingham is not to be confused with the historical village of Buckingham,^[3] now abandoned, located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south and 3 miles west of the present location at 42.2624889°N 92.4479684°W / 42.2624889; -92.4479684.^[1]

The former village of Buckingham was once centered on N42 degrees 12.5950 minutes and W92 degrees 28.7428 minutes. At the time of the American Civil War it was the primary center of the local population, prior to the arrival of the railroads in the late 1800s. The original village of Buckingham began to decline after the railroad was built along Wolf Creek, in the valley below. This railroad was built about 1880, with the result that commercial activity and residences sprang up in the nearby Town of Traer, and correspondingly declined in the historical village of Buckingham. The former site of Buckingham remained sparsely populated through the mid-1900s. The population of the historic Buckingham settlement was 75 in 1925.^[4]

Buckingham is in the Central Standard Time Zone.

Services

Buckingham is served by the Traer Fire Department.

Education

Buckingham is part of the North Tama School District.^[5]

Notable people

• Joshua Meggers (born 1980), member of the Iowa House of Representatives

References

1. "Buckingham". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 49.
3. Caldwell, J. R. (1910). History of Tama County, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 119.
4. Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 190.
5. "North Tama Co. Comm. Schools". North Tama County Community School District. October 4, 2001. Archived from the original on October 4, 2001. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

External links

• North Tama County Community School District