Bucklin, Missouri

Bucklin, Missouri
City
Informational plaque (photo by Roy Wyatt)
Location of Bucklin, Missouri
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Linn
Area
• Total	1.2 sq mi (3.1 km2)
• Land	1.2 sq mi (3.1 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	899 ft (274 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	467
• Density	442.6/sq mi (170.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	64631
Area code	660
FIPS code	29-09388Template:GR
GNIS feature ID	0735539Template:GR

Bucklin is a city in Linn County, Missouri, United States. The population was 467 at the 2010 census.

History

The first settler within the confines of Bucklin Township was Sampson Wyett (Wyatt). Mr. Wyett arrived in 1835 (at that time the location was still Yellow Creek Township). In 1845 James H. Watson and Dr. John F. Powers established Bucklin Township. Bucklin was named after Major Bucklin, Chief Engineer of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, in a failed bid to get the railroad division point. The town was laid out by Watson and his wife Mary Jane, with the plat being filed January 1, 1855. However it was another eleven years, 1866, before the town of Bucklin was incorporated. James H. Wyett (son of Sampson Wyett) became the first Mayor of Bucklin. By 1913 the business district included two banks and several stores serving a town of around eight hundred residents along with surrounding farms of northeastern Linn County. I am a citizen of Bucklin it is a good town, the Bucklin Bank was changed in to the Regional Missouri bank before my time, and then just recently the Regional Missouri Bank was moved into the Bucklin Grocery Store which is now Prenger Foods. Good Store, but food is outdated,thats Bucklin for yah.

Geography

Bucklin is located at 39°47′1″N 92°53′17″W (39.783582, -92.888071)Template:GR. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	642		—
1910	790		23.1%
1920	863		9.2%
1930	932		8.0%
1940	842		−9.7%
1950	783		−7.0%
1960	639		−18.4%
1970	654		2.3%
1980	713		9.0%
1990	616		−13.6%
2000	524		−14.9%
2010	467		−10.9%

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2010, there were 467 people, 241 households, and 145 families residing in the city. The population density was 442.6 people per square mile (171.5/km²). There were 273 housing units at an average density of 230.6 per square mile (89.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.09% White, 0.57% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.34% of the population.

There were 241 households out of which 22.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.5% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.8% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.4% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 25.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $21,490, and the median income for a family was $26,000. Males had a median income of $23,500 versus $19,375 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,709. About 17.3% of families and 20.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 39.7% of those under age 18 and 12.9% of those age 65 or over.

External links

• Bucklin schools
• Historic maps of Bucklin in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri