Buckbee, Wisconsin

Buckbee, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Buckbee, Wisconsin
Buckbee, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°38′56″N 88°50′06″W / 44.64889°N 88.83500°W / 44.64889; -88.83500Coordinates: 44°38′56″N 88°50′06″W / 44.64889°N 88.83500°W / 44.64889; -88.83500
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Waupaca
Elevation 827 ft (252 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes 54950
Area code(s) 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID 1577529 [1]

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

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. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  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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