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Buckeye – Today
The Town of Buckeye is located 36 miles west of Phoenix, center-to-center. Since 2000, Buckeye’s population has grown rapidly to 29,000 in the 2006 census (a 200% increase), though more recent annexations have unofficially boosted this number and estimates are that the population will reach 100,000 by 2010! However, for its 29,000 official residents, Buckeye’s physical landmass is huge at 660 square miles of land. Looking at it a different way, this is 43 residents (or 150 residents unofficially by 2010) per square mile. Compare to nearby Glendale which has 4,300 residents per square mile!
As a result of Buckeye’s size, Buckeye stretches as far north as planned areas of Wickenburg, while its eastern edge runs along Glendale, Surprise, and Goodyear. Gila Bend is further to the south from Buckeye.
Buckeye has grand plans for growth over the next 30 years which includes numerous master planned communities and over 240,000 homes planned for eventual development.
Buckeye – A History
The Town of Buckeye’s origins go back to 1877. It was then that Thomas Clanton of Creston, Iowa headed west with five other men, three women, and ten children and settled near the area that would become Buckeye. Like some Valley cities, Buckeye’s initial major development was the construction of a canal to bring a steady flow of water to the Buckeye Valley area. The canal was named Buckeye Canal in honor of one resident’s home state of Ohio, the Buckeye State. That was Malin Jackson who would go on to be involved in the town’s development.
Thomas Clanton was involved in construction of ten miles of the canal and he and his family would move to Buckeye in 1887. In 1888, both he and Malin Jackson saw the need for a town at the center of the Buckeye Valley and collaborated with William “Bucky” O’Neil to plan a town on part of the Clanton Homestead.
The town slowly took shape after that year. The first post office was established as was the Buckeye Irrigation Company. Though the town was initially named Sidney (again, courtesy of Malin Jackson), the importance of the canal eventually led to the town being called Buckeye. The town was officially christened Buckeye in 1910.
Given Buckeye’s location far west of Phoenix at the time, innovation and development of transportation would prove far-reaching for the town. The Arizona Eastern Railroad reached Buckeye in 1910 while a state highway came to the town in 1915. These developments help propel investment and growth in the town over the coming years.
Buckeye was incorporated in 1926 though its size was much smaller in those days.
In 1935, the Buckeye Chamber of Commerce kicked off Buckeye’s Helzapoppin Days. Today, the Helzapoppin Rodeo event is still a big draw for the town, as is Buckeye Countryfest and Buckeye Pioneer Days.
In more recent years, Buckeye has grown rapidly in landmass through annexation of major areas and in the number of residents that call Buckeye home.
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Buckeye has huge aspirations for the future in terms of growth with 30 master planned communities slated for eventual development. Having over 660 square miles of planning area, Buckeye may one day become the largest community in the area. Much of this growth is expected to occur in the next 30 years.
Buckeye is home to Verrado, a master planned concept that will eventually encompass up to 14,000 homes over 8,800 acres. Verrado’s vision is to create a community that has many elements and feel of that small American apple-pie hometown where residents are connected and tighter-knit with each other.
Tartesso is another master planned community concept that is envisioned to one day have 40,000 homes covering an area of 12,000 acres. This is consistent with Buckeye’s focus on building communities that attract new residents due to their offering of parks, sports fields and courts, and other amenities not found in other cities.
Douglas Ranch (annexed) and Festival Ranch represent additional master planned communities and concepts.
Buckeye real estate generally runs at a significant discount to many communities in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. This is likely due to distances from the broader Valley of the Sun and limited industry to support jobs for residents though Buckeye does enjoy freeway and highway road access that gives it multiple points of entry and exit. However, if vocation and distance aren’t concerns, Buckeye can be a great lifestyle at an inexpensive cost.
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