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Welcome to Buchanan Corner ...

Buchanan Corner is located in Clay County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Buchanan Corner: Buchanan Cor. (or less commonly used: Buchanan Crn.)

Buchanan Corner is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Buchanan Corner lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Buchanan Corner (for example, toward Hutsonville (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Buchanan Corner: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near Buchanan Corner ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buchanan Corner.

  • Linton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Sullivan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bloomfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Worthington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Shelburn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Farmersburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dugger
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Clay City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hymera
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hymera is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
  • Lyons
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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 Corner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buchanan Corner.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buchanan Corner. 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 Corner.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buchanan Corner ...

Looking for more information about Buchanan Corner? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Buchanan Corner, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Buchanan Corner.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buchanan Corner - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Buchanan Corner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Buchanan Corner area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.