Buchanan’s Station

Buchanan's Station was a fortified stockade established around 1784 in Tennessee. Founded by Major John Buchanan, the settlement was located in what is today the Donelson neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee.

Type: Cemetery
Description: historic former stockade in Nashville, Tennessee
Also known as: “Buchanan Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Greenwood Cemetery and Lane Motor Museum.

Greenwood Cemetery

Cemetery

Greenwood Cemetery

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Greenwood Cemetery is situated at 1428 Elm Hill Pike… Greenwood Cemetery is situated 3,400 feet west of Buchanan’s Station.

Lane Motor Museum

Museum

Lane Motor Museum

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Lane Motor Museum is an automobile museum… Lane Motor Museum is situated 1¼ miles west of Buchanan’s Station.

Mount Olivet Cemetery

Cemetery

Mount Olivet Cemetery

Photo: David Antis, CC BY 2.0.

Mount Olivet Cemetery is a 206-acre cemetery located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Mount Olivet Cemetery is situated 1¼ miles west of Buchanan’s Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Donelson and East Nashville.

Donelson

Suburb

Donelson is a neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee… Donelson is situated 2½ miles northeast of Buchanan’s Station.

East Nashville

Suburb

East Nashville is an area east of downtown Nashville in Tennessee across the Cumberland River. East Nashville is situated 3 miles northwest of Buchanan’s Station.

Nashville

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nashville is the capital of the American state of Tennessee.

Buchanan’s Station

Categories: blockhouse and burial
Location: Davidson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.1458° or 36° 8′ 45″ north

Longitude

-86.7133° or 86° 42′ 48″ west

Elevation

423 feet (129 metres)

Open location code

868M47WP+8M

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Mudtavern and Glenview.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: MASSMAN DR & ELM HILL PIKE NB and ELM HILL PIKE & MASSMAN DR EB.

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