Buckskin, Indiana

About Buckskin

Set in the southwestern part of Indiana, Buckskin is a small unincorporated community.

Buckskin holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.67 square miles.

📰 Buckskin News Today

• Traffic Alert: SR 57 in Gibson Co. closes Monday WFIE | 14 News · Apr 29
• 1 killed, 2 injured in Defiance Co. crash WTVG · Oct 28
• Mary Bernhardt Obituary - Evansville, IN Dignity Memorial · Feb 21
• James Robert Besing Sr. Obituary (2026) - Evansville, IN - Browning Funeral Home - Evansville Legacy obituary · Jun 15
• OSHP – Two Fatal Crashes Claim Lives in Defiance County wowo.com · Oct 29

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What Makes Buckskin Unique

• The only place in America named Buckskin — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southwestern Indiana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

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