Buckeye, Texas

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Buckeye
Unincorporated community
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Buckeye
Location in Texas
Coordinates: 28°53′44″N96°02′53″W / 28.89556°N 96.04806°W / 28.89556; -96.04806
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
StateFlag of Texas.svg Texas
County Matagorda
Time zone UTC−6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−5 (CDT)

Buckeye is an unincorporated community in Matagorda County, Texas, United States, [1] located nine miles southwest of Bay City, the county seat of Matagorda County.

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History

J. W. Stoddard and A. A. Plotner, [2] the founders of the Plotner-Stoddard Irrigation Canal Company, who were born in Ohio, decided to name the town after their home state. Water from the Colorado River irrigated 30,000 acres of land. A school for employees' children was established, and a post office opened in 1907. In 1908, train service came to Buckeye (the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico). [3]

The town grew to 100 people by 1914. By 1940, there was only one business in town and a population of just 25. [2] (The same census in 990 and 2000). By 1949, the school consolidated with the Tidehaven Independent School District and the post office closed in 1971. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Buckeye". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Hardin, Stephen L. "Buckeye, TX". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Buckeye, Texas, Matagorda County". Texas Escapes. Retrieved September 25, 2019.


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