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 was located Buchanan would have been located within present day Johnson County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Buchanan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857. While the community is gone, the present day location for Buchanan is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Buchanan was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Buchanan: This one is located in Johnson County and the other is located in Bowie County. Beyond Texas, 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), Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Tennessee and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buchanan. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buchanan. 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. 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 (so far) for Buchanan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Buchanan.
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