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. We would especially like to find the location of Buchanan - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Buchanan, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Buchanan , we believe that it would have been located within present day Perry County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buchanan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.

Time Zone: The area where Buchanan was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Buchanan was located: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Buchanan ...

While we believe that this Buchanan is located in Perry County, we know of another 2 Ohio communities named Buchanan. Those communities are located in the following counties: Monroe and Pike County.

Beyond Ohio, 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 Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota (2), Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Adding Buchanan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buchanan in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section 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.<4>

X2X - From that list, the Buchanan post office opened in 1856.

We also found Buchanan in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buchanan.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Buchanan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Perry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Buchanan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Buchanan area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/