Buckner is a village in Franklin County, Illinois, United States.

[4] The village was named after American Civil War Union veteran Moses Buckner (b. February 11, 1827, d. April 17, 1882), who served in the 15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry.

A large number of miners arrived, many of them from Austria-Hungary, Poland, Czechsolvakia and many of Lemko and Rusyn origin.

[7] Many early immigrants trace their roots to the village of Myscowa in Poland.

[7] The mining community built a Russian Orthodox Church in 1913, which burned down in 1918.

[10] This village had a number of taverns and nightclubs and was known as one of the biggest entertainment areas of Franklin County from the 1950s to the early 1980s.

[11] Illinois Route 14 passes through the village, leading east 5.5 miles (8.9 km) to Benton, the county seat, and west 2 miles (3 km) to Christopher.

35.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.56% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.