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The story

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The area that is now Buckley was historically traversed by what is now known as the Old Indian Trail, a trail which connected the Cadillac area to the Traverse City area.

Buckley was originally founded in 1905 as a railroad station operated by the Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad, and the community was named for the local Buckley & Douglas Lumber Company. The Buckley post office was established on March 31, 1906. The community incorporated as a village in 1907.

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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today12 photos
Buckley Old Engine ShowCommonsBuckley Old Engine Show20191911 Avery Steam TractorCommons1911 Avery Steam Tractor2019Buckley Old Engine ShowgoundsCommonsBuckley Old Engine Showgounds2016The Spirit of Traverse City lives again!CommonsThe Spirit of Traverse City lives again!201445th Annual Buckley Old Engine ShowCommons45th Annual Buckley Old Engine Show2014Tractor 4 at Buckley Old Engine Show - August 2009CommonsTractor 4 at Buckley Old Engine Show - August 20092009Tractor 3 at Buckley Old Engine Show - August 2009CommonsTractor 3 at Buckley Old Engine Show - August 20092009Tractor 2 at Buckley Old Engine Show - August 2009CommonsTractor 2 at Buckley Old Engine Show - August 20092009Tractor 1 at Buckley Old Engine Show - August 2009CommonsTractor 1 at Buckley Old Engine Show - August 20092009Old John Deere - August 2008CommonsOld John Deere - August 200820081970 FirebirdCommons1970 Firebird2008MIMap-doton-BuckleyCommonsMIMap-doton-Buckley2005
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Buckley is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Buckley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fife Lake-Union District No. 1 Schoolhouse in Union, 17.6 miles away.

Buckley and the nearest listed places

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Fife Lake-Union District No. 1 SchoolhouseNorthern Michigan AsylumPerry Hannah HouseAmerican Legion Memorial BridgeBoardman Neighborhood Historic DistrictSouth Union Street-Boardman River Bridge

Closest to Buckley

Fife Lake-Union District No. 1 SchoolhouseUnion · Building17.6miNorthern Michigan AsylumTraverse City · District17.7miPerry Hannah HouseTraverse City · Building18.2miAmerican Legion Memorial BridgeTraverse City · Built 193018.2miBoardman Neighborhood Historic DistrictTraverse City · District18.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Fife Lake-Union District No. 1 Schoolhouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Buckley?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Buckley’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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