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Buckingham

Ghost town · Tama County, Iowa

Traer quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Traer quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Buckingham is a ghost town in Tama County, Iowa. It is one of 4 former communities in Tama County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 18th among the 79 Iowa counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Buckingham as a historical populated place on the Traer topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.2105° N, 92.4794° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleTraer
Elevation984 ft
Nearest living townTraer, IA
Distance to it1.6 miles
GNIS feature ID465545
Coordinates42.21054, -92.47936

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What's there now

Buckingham is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Traer, IA (population 1,464), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 984 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Buckingham?

Buckingham is in Tama County, Iowa, at 42.2105, -92.4794.

How many ghost towns are in Tama County?

Tama County, Iowa has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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