Buchanan, Missouri

Buchanan, Missouri
unincorporated community
Location of Bollinger County, Missouri
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Bollinger
Township	Filmore Township
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	573

Buchanan is an unincorporated community in the southern part of Filmore Township in Bollinger County, Missouri. The community lies about 18 miles southwest of Marble Hill and was named after James Buchanan, the fifteenth president of the United States who served in office from 1856-1860.^[1]^[2] A post office was established in 1857 and in operation until 1940.^[3]

References

↑ State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html
↑ A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Bollinger County, Missouri http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/bollinpl.html
↑ Post Offices in Bollinger County, MO http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/bo017ml.htm

Municipalities and communities of Bollinger County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Marble Hill

City	Marble Hill

Villages	Glen Allen Sedgewickville Zalma

Townships	Crooked Creek Filmore Liberty Lorance Scopus Union Wayne Whitewater

Unincorporated communities	Alliance Arab Bessville Buchanan Dongola Drum Gipsy Glennon Grassy Greenbrier Hahn Hurricane Laflin Leopold Lixville Lodge Lutesville Mayfield Patton Sank Scopus Shrum Sturdivant Tallent

Abandoned villages	Burg Castor Loyd Scheperville

Coordinates: 37°12′40″N 90°11′32″W / 37.21111°N 90.19222°W / 37.21111; -90.19222

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