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.
- Type: Village with 1,240 residents
- Description: town in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Buchanan (Virginia)”, “Buchanan, VA”, “Buchanan, Virginia”, “Crow’s Ferry”, “Looney’s Ferry”, “Pattonsburg”, and “Бучанан”
- Postal code: 24066
Places of Interest
Highlights: Buchanan Theatre.
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. 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
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Latitude
37.52736° or 37° 31′ 39″ north
Longitude
-79.67976° or 79° 40′ 47″ west
Population
1,240
Elevation
850 feet (259 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US BJH
Open location code
8792G8GC+W3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Buchanan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوتشانان”
- Asturian: “Buchanan”
- Basque: “Buchanan”
- Catalan: “Buchanan”
- Cebuano: “Buchanan”
- Chechen: “Бьюкенен”
- 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”
- Polish: “Buchanan”
- Portuguese: “Buchanan”
- Russian: “Буканан”
- Russian: “Бьюкенен”
- Serbian: “Баканан”
- Serbian: “Буканан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Buchanan, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Buchanan”
- Slovenian: “Buchanan”
- South Azerbaijani: “بوچانان، ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Buchanan”
- Tatar: “Бьюкенен”
- Ukrainian: “Б’юкенен”
- Urdu: “بیوکینن، ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “بیوکینن”
- Uzbek: “Buchanan”
- Volapük: “Buchanan”
- Welsh: “Buchanan, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Buchanan”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Greyledge and Springwood.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: First Baptist Church and Buchanan Post Office.
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Worth a closer look: Richmond and Arlington.
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