Prior to this the Hockspur post office operated here from 1901-1903 [3] Buckeye was once a small town site distinct from other communities in the area.

It was the site of a mill, butcher shop, general store, schoolhouse and post office, as well as numerous homes for residents.

Kay Ringo moved to Buckeye in 1961 and would encounter foundations of abandoned buildings in overgrown fields on morning walks around the area.

She began to study the history of the community, and in 1977 published a book titled The Milltown Buckeye, Washington, and Surrounding Area, 1889 to 1912.

[7] It represents a private development of single-family homes of an exurban character, located on the slopes above the Little Spokane River in the northwest of Buckeye.