The Shawnee Indian Chief Na-Wa-Ba-She-Ka or
White Feather resided here in the town which
was located on both sides of the Auglaize
River. A north-south trail paralleled the
river and ran through an Indian field,
considered old in 1832, which lay across the
river from the present Buckland.
Buckland, platted in 1872, was originally
called White Feather because of the
proximity to the Indian town. On May 14,
1891 the name was changed to
Buckland, honoring General Buckland of
Fremont, Ohio. He was one of the well-known
promoters of the railroad.
