Buckeye, AZ

Buckeye is a large Maricopa County city about 30 miles west of downtown Phoenix, and one of the fastest-growing places in the country in recent years. Its older story starts with Hohokam presence, Thomas Newt Clanton's 1877 settlement group, and the Buckeye Canal, named for founder Malin M. Jackson's home state of Ohio. The city was originally called Sidn...