Buckie is a burgh town (defined as such in 1888) on the Moray Firth shore of Scotland. Historically in Banffshire, Buckie was the biggest community in the county by some hundreds of residents prior to 1975, when the management region was abolished. The town is the 3rd biggest in the Moray council location after Elgin and also Forres and within the interpretations of statistics released by the General Register Office for Scotland was placed at number 75 in the listing of population price quotes for negotiations in Scotland mid-year 2006. Buckie lies virtually equidistant to Banff to the east as well as Elgin to the west with both communities being approximately 17 miles (27 kilometres) remote whilst Keith exists 12 mi (19 km) to the south by road. Geographically, the town is, generally talking, outlined in a linear style, adhering to the coastline. There is a reduced shore location as well as a top location. Essentially Buckie itself is the main part of the neighborhood lying in between the Victoria Bridge under which flows the Buckie Burn at the western end of West Church Street, the eastern end of Cluny Harbour and over the coast area. To the west of Victoria Bridge and the Buckie Burn is Buckpool, which was formerly known as Nether Buckie, and on the coastline, west of Cluny Harbour, in between Baron Street and also the Buckie Burn mouth, there is the Yardie. Immediately above the Yardie on the Buckie side of the shed is the Seatown. To the west of the Yardie is Harbourhead. To the east of Cluny Harbour exist Ianstown, Gordonsburgh and Portessie additionally well-known locally as The Sloch (traditionally The Rotten Slough), which gets to towards Strathlene. These neighborhoods were, to all intents and objectives, separate fishing negotiations that progressively merged throughout time. A brand-new community was laid out over the shoreline in the 19th century and also this is the rump of Buckie.