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Buckhorn is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States.

Description

The community is located along Missouri Route 17 just south of its junction with Interstate 44. It is also on historic U.S. Route 66. The community is within the Mark Twain National Forest and the northwest corner of Fort Leonard Wood is to the east. Waynesville is to the northeast along Route 44 and Laquey is to the southwest off of Route 17.

History

The community was so named on account of the image of a buckhorn on a local tavern sign.

The Decker Cave Archeological Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

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