Colorado Ghost Town Books/Maps
Buckingham Colorado Townsite - Ghost town
A surprise for me as I had seen this town several years ago. Looks like either it was torn down or destroyed by fire. Still foundations, junk and a couple buildings. Appears that several people still reside here. I did not take pictures of their homes. One appears to be an old general store. If you are not looking you can miss this one as it is on the side of highway 14 going east from Briggsdale.
Photos courtesy of Mike Sinnwell 2005
A viewer writes - Thursday, January 08, 2009 Buckingham was destroyed by a prairie fire a number of years ago. Only a few structures remain including the schoolhouse that sits up on a rise.
A viewer writes - Friday, April 16, 2010 -- My son lives in Buckingham. Roger rogkathy@hotmail.com
A viewer writes - Sunday January 30, 2011 --- MY name is Fred Dodd , I m from Alabama, I moved to Colorado to live in big sky country. It is very beautiful here . I live in old house (green top) behind Buckingham school house. I moved in about new years, I love Colorado. Wanted to say thank for the site, it told me more than anything about Buckingham. Now if I knew my homes history Alice &Elvis Wright got it in 1979 I think?? THANK YOU!!
Rocky Response - Supposedly named after a RR superintendent when the railroad arrived in 1888 and the Post Office opened. The first Post Office opened for only a couple years as it was closed in 1890. The town was purchased from the RR in 1910 and a new request for a Post Office was honored. That PO operated out of a house until the 1960's. Much was there at one time, A RR depot, A hotel, A school, a garage, a bank, a grocery store, a hardware store and a blacksmith shop. Most of them were gone by the 1930's and what was left was destroyed by prairie fires in later years.
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