Buckner, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pewee Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40031. The Survey maps it on the La Grange quadrangle. 5,785 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 823 feet above sea level.
On record in Buckner
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- William Ingram Houselisted 1983
Population over time
3 figuresBuckner grew from 4,000 to 5,785 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,000 | |
| 2010 | 5,837 | +1,837 (+46%) |
| 2020 | 5,785 | -52 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1932 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Buckner: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Joe Clark Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oldham County Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckner in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | $75,000 | Local media reports of multiple trees and power lines downed were confirmed by a damage survey along State Highway 146 between Buckner and La Grange. The survey found two enhanced damage paths brought about by wet microbursts. The first damage swath was noted along a two mile path along State Highway 146 south of Buckner. Estimated winds of 70 to 75 mph knocked down numerous trees, large limbs, power poles, electrical lines, and caused some roof damage to barns and homes. Several telephone poles were snapped along the railroad parallel to KY 146.||The second area of damage developed just downstream of the first area. Several trees were knocked over along State Highway 146 between Kings Lane and Button's Lane. Winds were estimated as between 60 and 65 mph. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Buckner | $500 | Dime sized hail was reported by a ham radio operator in Buckner. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | - | A tree was blown down in Buckner. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | - | Numerous trees and power lines were down across the county. |
| October 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Buckner | - | The Oldham County Dispatch received several reports of rotation and funnel clouds associated with the first of two supercell storms that tracked across the county around one hour apart. Golf ball sized hail accompanied this first supercell. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Buckner | - | Golf ball sized hail accompanied a supercell storm. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | - | The public reported via amateur radio that several large limbs had fallen down across Kentucky State Highway 339. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | - | Several trees reported down across the county. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckner | - | Sixty mph wind gusts reported by HAM radio operator. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Buckner | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Buckner | - | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Hail | Buckner | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demplytown | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Elder Park (historical) | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Glenarm | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Point | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Centerfield | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Park Lake | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Brownsboro | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| La Grange | 3.6 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Buckner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2467526 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 488281. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






