Editing Buckeye, Arizona (section)

==History==
The Buckeye area was first inhabited by the [[Hohokam]] culture.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B4l0AAAAMAAJ&q=buckeye+az+hohokam | title=Hohokam and Patayan: Prehistory of Southwestern Arizona | isbn=978-0-12-484080-5 | last1=McGuire | first1=Randall H. | last2=Schiffer | first2=Michael B. | date=March 8, 1982 | publisher=Academic Press }}</ref> In 1877, Thomas Newt Clanton led a group of six men, three women, and ten children from [[Creston, Iowa]], to Arizona, where they settled in the Buckeye area.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.buckeyeaz.gov/index.aspx?nid=66|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171254/http://www.buckeyeaz.gov/index.aspx?nid=66|archive-date=July 14, 2014|access-date=August 2, 2020|website=City of Buckeye, Arizona}}</ref>

Early settler Malie M. Jackson developed {{convert|10|mi}} of the Buckeye Canal from 1884 to 1886, which he named after his home state of Ohio's moniker, "The [[Aesculus glabra|Buckeye]] State". The town was founded in 1888 and originally named "[[Sidney, Ohio|Sidney]]", after Jackson's hometown in Ohio. However, because of the significance of the canal, the town became known as Buckeye. The name was legally changed to Buckeye in 1910. The town was incorporated in 1929, at which time it included {{convert|440|acre}}. The town's first mayor was Hugh M. Watson (1956–1958), who founded the Buckeye Valley Bank. Today, Watson Road is the site of the city's commercial center.<ref name="buckeyeaz.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.buckeyeaz.gov/index.aspx?nid%3D66 |title=Buckeye, AZ - Official Website - History |access-date=July 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171254/http://www.buckeyeaz.gov/index.aspx?nid=66 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref>

In 2008, Buckeye was featured on ''[[PBS NewsHour|The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer]]'' as part of a week-long series entitled "Blueprint America".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/blueprintamerica/reports/america-in-gridlock/video-nowhere-to-grow/3/|title=America in Gridlock – Nowhere to Grow – Blueprint America |format=Video|date=October 15, 2008|publisher=Public Broadcasting Service}}</ref>

A vote to designate the town as the City of Buckeye became effective in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 27, 2014|title=Buckeye officially changes name from 'town' to 'city'|url=http://www.cbs5az.com/story/23892802/buckeye-voters-change-name-from-town-to-city|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822050057/http://www.cbs5az.com/story/23892802/buckeye-voters-change-name-from-town-to-city|archive-date=August 22, 2016|access-date=August 2, 2020|website=cbs5az.com}}</ref>

In May 2019, population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau placed Buckeye as the fastest growing city in the United States by percentage from 2017–2018, growing by 8.5%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2019/05/23/phoenix-and-buckeye-fastest-growing-cities-u-s/1204621001/|title=Buckeye, Phoenix are fastest growing cities in the United States}}</ref>