Buchs, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Buchs, Aargau, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The municipality of Buchs is in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The center of the village is situated at the river Suhre, which joins the river Aare two kilometers farther north. The older populated territories are the "Oberdorf" west of, and the "Ausserdorf" east of, the river; this is surrounded by the newer areas. The territory of Buchs lies in the plains of the Suhre, the eastern part is surrounded by the "Suretwald" forest.

Buchs (as of 2006) has an area of 5.3 km² (2.0 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 13.5% - agricultural purposes
 * 46.2% - forested
 * 40.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.2% - non-productive (rivers or lakes)

History
In 1225, Buchs was first mentioned by the name of Buhse. In 1361, it was mentioned again as Buchs.

The population history of Buchs is: 1764 - 416 inhabitants 1850 - 935 inhabitants 1900 - 1,592 inhabitants 1920 - 2,231 inhabitants 1930 - 2,720 inhabitants 1941 - 3,255 inhabitants 1950 - 3,899 inhabitants 1970 - 6,742 inhabitants 1990 - 5,853 inhabitants 2000 - 6,175 inhabitants 2020 - 8,121 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 32.9% were Roman Catholic
 * 39.4% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.21% were Christian Catholic Church
 * 8.1% were Muslim
 * 4.4% were Orthodox Christian

Spiritually, Buchs was part of Suhr until the Reformed parish of Rohr-B was established. A Catholic church was constructed in 1965-1967.

Church Records
Buchs belongs to the parish of Suhr. See Suhr for more information.

Census
(See here for information regarding Aargau census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Buchs:
 * 1837 (images 251-271)
 * 1850: Form A (images 147-169)
 * 1850: Form B (image 170)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Buchs prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Bern (GHGB)