Buchanan
Buchanan is a town in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,196 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area. It was the western terminus of the James River and Kanawha Canal when construction on the canal ended.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,240 residents
- Description: town in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Buchanan, VA”, “Buchanan, Virginia”, “Crow’s Ferry”, “Looney’s Ferry”, and “Pattonsburg”
- Postal code: 24066
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buchanan Theatre.
Buchanan Theatre
Movie theater
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Buchanan Theatre is a historic theater in Buchanan, Virginia. It was built in 1917 and underwent a 1949 renovation in the Moderne style. The brick building is two-storied, with apartments occupying the second floor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pico and Arcadia.
Pico
Hamlet
Pico is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. Pico is situated 2 miles south of Buchanan.
Arcadia
Hamlet
Arcadia is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. It is located in the north of the county and is one of the northernmost points of the Roanoke Metropolitan Area. Arcadia is situated 3½ miles east of Buchanan.
Munford
Hamlet
Munford is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. Munford is situated 4 miles east of Buchanan.
Buchanan
- Categories: town in the United States, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Botetourt, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.52736° or 37° 31′ 39″ northLongitude
-79.67976° or 79° 40′ 47″ westPopulation
1,240Elevation
850 feet (259 metres)United Nations Location Code
US BJHOpen location code
8792G8GC+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 157608894OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Buchanan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوتشانان”
- Basque: “Buchanan”
- Catalan: “Buchanan”
- Cebuano: “Buchanan”
- Chechen: “Бьюкенен”
- Chinese: “Buchanan”
- Dutch: “Buchanan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بوتشانان”
- French: “Buchanan”
- German: “Buchanan”
- Gilaki: “بيۊکانان (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “بيۊکانان”
- Haitian: “Buchanan, Vijini”
- Haitian: “Buchanan”
- Hungarian: “Buchanan”
- Irish: “Buchanan”
- Italian: “Buchanan”
- Japanese: “ブキャナン”
- Ladin: “Buchanan”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Buchanan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Buchanan”
- Norwegian: “Buchanan”
- Persian: “بیوکانان، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “بیوکانان”
- Polish: “Buchanan”
- Portuguese: “Buchanan”
- Russian: “Бьюкенен”
- Serbian: “Баканан”
- Serbian: “Буканан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Buchanan, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Buchanan”
- Slovenian: “Buchanan”
- South Azerbaijani: “بوچانان، ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Buchanan (Virginia)”
- Spanish: “Buchanan”
- Tatar: “Бьюкенен”
- Ukrainian: “Б’юкенен”
- Urdu: “بیوکینن، ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “بیوکینن”
- Uzbek: “Buchanan”
- Uzbek: “Бучанан”
- Volapük: “Buchanan”
- Welsh: “Buchanan, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Buchanan”
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