Bucklin, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Bucklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64631. The Survey maps it on the Bucklin quadrangle. 413 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 899 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBucklin fell from 467 to 413 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 467 | |
| 2020 | 413 | -54 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1949 USGS Bucklin quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Bucklin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
7,747 words on this townshipCompendium of History and Biography of Linn County, Missouri, published 1912 names this settlement in its chapter on Bucklin Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first structures in Bucklin were the railroad shanties. Noah Carter operated the first store. F. A. Davenport, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Davenport, was the first male child born in Bucklin, his birth occurring in December, 1855. Sarah, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Austin, was the first girl baby born in the to-\\Ti.
Passage source: Compendium of History and Biography of Linn County, Missouri, published 1912.
Following the depression caused by the Civil War, Bucklin thrived rapidly. New stores were put up and various industries established. The Bucklin mills were built and put in operation by Messrs. Pounds & Stevenson in 1867. The plant cost between $5,000 and $6,000, and was the most complete of its kind in this section of the state. It diverted an immense amount of traffic to Bucklin.
Passage source: Compendium of History and Biography of Linn County, Missouri, published 1912.
The failure of Bucklin to secure the Santa Fe division had a depressing effect temporarily; business was quiet and enterprise lagged. Marceline, the place selected by the road for the division, was only six miles south, and it naturally developed fast. People from Linn and other counties were hastening there to get into business while the floodtide of prosperity was on.
Passage source: Compendium of History and Biography of Linn County, Missouri, published 1912.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Bucklin Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Bucklin between 2018 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220651-05810-09032020-1430 |
| 12 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220560-05810-07122020-1430 |
| 1 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190362-05810-04012020-2145 |
| 7 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190171-05810-03072020-1445 |
| 2 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176351-05835-02022018-2350 |
| 30 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230953-05810-10302020-1225 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bucklin: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trager Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Urbach Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bucklin in 15 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucklin | - | About a mile to two miles south of the main tornado circulation widespread unidirectional wind damage occurred, likely as a result of a strong rear flank downdraft. This RFD wind was responsible for numerous damaged residences and outbuildings across Linn County. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucklin | - | About a mile to two miles south of the main tornado circulation widespread unidirectional wind damage occurred, likely as a result of a strong rear flank downdraft. This RFD wind was responsible for numerous damaged residences and outbuildings across Linn County. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucklin | - | A trained spotter in Marceline reported a 60 mph wind gust. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucklin | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Bucklin | - | State Route WW was closed near Mussel Fork Creek, due to flooding. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucklin | - | Large branches down on street. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Bucklin | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bucklin | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Bucklin | - | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Hail | Bucklin | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Bucklin | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bucklin | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bucklin | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Bucklin | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucklin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Catharine | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Marceline | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Snowdon (historical) | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Benson | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Johnstown | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Brookfield | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hybrid (historical) | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| New Boston | 11.9 miles | 9 |
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 Bucklin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q958300 | 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 735539. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.






