Buckingham Park, California

Buckingham Park
Unincorporated community
Buckingham Park
Buckingham Park

Location in California

Coordinates: 39°00′56″N 122°45′29″W / 39.01556°N 122.75806°W / 39.01556; -122.75806Coordinates: 39°00′56″N 122°45′29″W / 39.01556°N 122.75806°W / 39.01556; -122.75806
Country United States
State California
County Lake County
Elevation[1] 1,414 ft (431 m)

Buckingham Park (formerly Buckingham Peninsula) is an unincorporated community in Lake County, California.[1] It is located on the south shore of Clear Lake, on the peninsula just south of The Narrows and 4.8 mi (7.7 km) northeast of Kelseyville, 9 miles (14 km) east-southeast of Lakeport,[2] at an elevation of 1,414 feet (431 m).[1]

The name comes from a family that lived at the site in the 1880s and 1890s.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buckingham Park, California
  2. 1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 28. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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