Buckhead is a town in Morgan County, Georgia, United States.

[2] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Buckhead as a town in 1908.

[5] According to tradition, Buckhead was named from a pioneer incident when hunters shot a deer and publicly mounted the buck's head onto a tree.

[7] It is 7 miles (11 km) east-southeast of Madison, the county seat.

Interstate 20 passes 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the town, with access from Exit 121 (Seven Islands Road).