Welcome to Buchanan ...

So far, we found very little information about Buchanan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Buchanan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Buchanan, please Contact Us.

Buchanan would have been located within present day DeBaca County<2>.

The location of Buchanan has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buchanan, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1907.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Buchanan is 5,130 feet [1,564 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Buchanan is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Buchanan was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Buchanan once stood is in the (575) area code.

Communities Also Named Buchanan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 33 communities that are also named Buchanan - they are located in California (3), Colorado (2), Florida, Georgia (3), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota (2), Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buchanan.

Communities near Buchanan ...

We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Buchanan.

• Yeso
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeso
  • Yeso is located in DeBaca County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeso <5>
• Pastura
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastura
  • Pastura is located in Guadalupe County
• Vaughn
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn
  • Vaughn is located in Guadalupe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vaughn <5>
• Lake Sumner
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Sumner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sumner
  • Lake Sumner is located in DeBaca County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Buchanan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buchanan.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buchanan. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buchanan.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Buchanan. See our Newspapers Page for Buchanan.

Adding Buchanan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buchanan in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Buchanan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Buchanan post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buchanan.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/