Buckbee, Wisconsin

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Buckbee, Wisconsin
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Buckbee, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°38′56″N88°50′06″W / 44.64889°N 88.83500°W / 44.64889; -88.83500
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Waupaca
Elevation
252 m (827 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
54950
Area code(s) 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1577529 [1]

Buckbee, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in the Town of Larrabee, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. [1] [2]

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Transportation

It is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Marion along U.S. Route 45.

History

The community is named for J.E. Buckbee, a Union colonel in the American Civil War. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. Dictionary of Wisconsin History
  3. William H. Stennett, A history of the origin of the place names connected with the North Western Line , p. 49.


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