Buchanan County Courthouse

Buchanan County Courthouse is a courthouse in Washington Township, Buchanan, Iowa which is located on 5th Avenue Northeast. Buchanan County Courthouse is situated nearby to the hamlet Otterville.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Independence Mental Health Institute.

Independence Mental Health Institute

Hospital

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The Independence State Hospital was built in 1873 as the second asylum in the state of Iowa. It is located in Independence, Iowa. The original plan for patients was to relieve crowding from the hospital at Mount Pleasant and to hold alcoholics, geriatrics, drug addicts, mentally ill, and the criminally insane. Independence Mental Health Institute is situated 2 miles southwest of Buchanan County Courthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Independence and Otterville.

Independence

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Independence is a city in, and the county seat of, Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 6,064 at the 2020 census.

Otterville

Hamlet

Otterville is a small unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States, northwest of Independence. Otterville is situated 4 miles northwest of Buchanan County Courthouse.

Buchanan County Courthouse

Type: Courthouse
Address: 210 5th Avenue Northeast, Independence, IA 50644
Categories: building and government building
Location: Washington Township, Buchanan, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.47039° or 42° 28′ 13″ north

Longitude

-91.88859° or 91° 53′ 19″ west

Elevation

951 feet (290 metres)

Open location code

86JCF4C6+5H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 589006434

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=courthouse

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

4849599

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