Buckingham is an
unincorporated community
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located near the intersections of Hwy D-65 and
U.S. Highway 63 in
Buckingham Township,
Tama County
Tama County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,135. Its county seat is Toledo. The county was formed on February 17, 1843 and named for Taimah, a leader of the Meskwaki Indians.
Geog ...
,
Iowa
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,
United States
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. It lies 5.5 miles north of
Traer and 11 miles south of
Hudson. Buckingham is located at .
The
zip code for Buckingham is 50612. The postal district covers a large rural community across northern Tama County and southern
Black Hawk County
Black Hawk County is a county in the northeastern part of U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 131,144, making it Iowa's fifth-most populous county. The county seat is Waterloo.
Black Hawk County is part of the Water ...
including such notable neighborhoods as Hickory Hollow and the old Geneseo school district.
Buckingham was named after
Buckingham County, Virginia
Buckingham County is a rural United States county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and containing the geographic center of the state. Buckingham County is part of the Piedmont region of Virginia, and the county seat is Buckingham.
...
. Present day Buckingham is not to be confused with the historical village of
Buckingham, now abandoned, located approximately 3 miles south and 3 miles west of the present location at .
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-nineteen hundreds. The population of the historic Buckingham settlement was 75 in 1925.
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.
References
External links
North Tama County Community School District
Unincorporated communities in Tama County, Iowa
Unincorporated communities in Iowa
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