Buckeye (Arizona)

Buckeye
Location in County and Arizona
Basic data
Foundation :	1888
State :	United States
State :	Arizona
County :	Maricopa County
Coordinates :	33 ° 22 ′  N , 112 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 22 ′  N , 112 ° 35 ′  W
Time zone :	Mountain Standard Time ( UTC − 7 )
Residents :	56,683 (as of 2013)
Population density :	55.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	1,015 km 2  (approx. 392 mi 2 )
Height :	265 m
Postcodes :	85326, 85396
Area code :	+1 623
FIPS :	04-07940
GNIS ID :	0002081
Website :	www.buckeyeaz.gov
Mayor :	Jackie A. Meck

Buckeye is an American city in Arizona in Maricopa County . It is the westernmost city in the metropolitan area of Phoenix and is located on the Arizona State Route 85 , the north of the village on the Interstate 10 begins. The census in 2000 showed 6,537 inhabitants. Since then, the population has grown by leaps and bounds and currently has 56,683 inhabitants (as of 2013), an increase of 734.4%.

geography

Buckeye is part of the metropolitan area of the city of Phoenix, which has around 4 million inhabitants, and is bordered to the north and east by the cities of Sun City , Sun City West , El Mirage , Litchfield Park , Avondale and Goodyear . The White Tank Mountains rise to the west and the South Mountains and Sierra Estrella to the south .

climate

Buckeye has an average of 312 sunny days a year. From mid-May to mid-September temperatures are over 38 ° C. On particularly hot days, the thermometer can even rise to 46 ° C. However, the dry desert air in Arizona makes the high temperatures a little more bearable. The population only has to expose themselves to a small extent to the heat, as most of the buildings and vehicles are air-conditioned .

The lowest temperatures in winter are around 0 ° C, but they rarely stay that low for long periods. There have been measurable amounts of snow twice in the last few years: 1 cm in 1990 and 2.5 cm in 1985. The area has an annual average of around 194 mm of rain. The little rain falls spread over the period of the southwest monsoon from July to mid-September, when warm, humid air from the Gulf of California occasionally displaces the hot desert air.

Buckeye, Arizona
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     17th   19th 5     17th   22nd 7th     22nd   24 9     5.6   29 13     3   34 18th     3.3   40 23     21st   41 27     24   40 26th     22nd   37 23     17th   31 16     17th   24 9     25th   19th 5 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: National Weather Service, US Dept of Commerce ; wetterkontor.de

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Buckeye, Arizona Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 18.8 21.5 24.2 29.2 34.2 39.7 41.1 39.8 36.8 31.2 23.8 19.0 O 30th Min. Temperature (° C) 5.1 7.1 9.3 12.9 17.7 22.7 27.2 26.2 22.7 16.0 9.4 5.4 O 15.2 Precipitation ( mm ) 17.0 17.3 22.4 5.6 3.0 3.3 21.1 24.4 21.8 16.5 16.8 25.4 Σ 194.6 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 8.3 9.1 10.3 11.8 12.9 13.6 12.2 11.6 11.0 10.0 8.5 7.9 O 10.6 Rainy days ( d ) 2.7 2.8 3.2 1.1 0.6 0.5 3.0 3.2 2.3 2.0 2.3 3.1 Σ 26.8 Humidity ( % ) 51 44 39 28 22nd 19th 32 36 36 37 44 52 O 36.7 Source: National Weather Service, US Dept of Commerce ; wetterkontor.de

Demographics

The population increased more than sevenfold between 2000 and 2013. Like many cities in the Phoenix metropolitan area, Buckeye will have to deal with the consequences of the population boom in the coming years.

year	Residents
1900	200
1950	1.932
1980	3,434
1990	4,436
2000	6,537
2010	50,876
2013	56,683

history

In 1877 Thomas Newt Clanton moved from Creston , Iowa to Arizona with a group of six men, three women, and ten children . They founded the settlement in the valley that would later become the town of Buckeye. The reason for the move was supposedly the healthy, arid desert climate, and Thomas Clanton lived in Arizona for another 48 years before he died at the age of 82.

From 1884 to 1886 a 16 km long irrigation canal was built, which the builder Malin M. Jackson named Buckeye Canal in honor of the Ohio state of his birth . The nickname Ohio is Buckeye State because of the state symbol , the Ohio horse chestnut . The first post office opened in 1888, and Bucky O'Neil and partners founded the Buckeye Irrigation Company that same year , which was officially approved by the then Arizona Territory . Jackson initially named the settlement Sidney after his hometown in Ohio. However, due to the canal's growing importance, the name was changed to Buckeye in 1910 .

Buckeye soon appeared on Arizona's map with increased traffic. In 1910 Buckeye Station was connected to the Arizona Eastern Railroad and in 1912 it was connected to Phoenix, which at that time was about 30 miles away. The first highway was opened in 1915 on what is now Interstate 10. In 1929 a municipal incorporation was established for the city, which at that time had around 1000 inhabitants on 1.78 km² (440 acres). The first mayor of Buckeye was Hugh M. Watson . As of January 1, 2014, the place can officially call itself City of Buckeye , which currently covers an area of ​​over 1015 km².

Web links

Commons : Buckeye, Arizona  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population of Buckeye , accessed July 30, 2014
2. ^ Rand McNally: Travel Atlas USA-Canada , Chicago 1999, ISBN 3-8283-0327-7
3. ↑ Buckeye Weather , accessed July 31, 2014
4. ^ US Decennial Census , accessed July 31, 2014
5. ↑ ^{a b c} History of the City of Buckeye ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 31, 2014