Buchanan County Jail
Buchanan County Jail is a building in Washington Township, Buchanan, Iowa. Buchanan County Jail is situated near the hamlet Otterville.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Independence Mental Health Institute.
Independence Mental Health Institute
Hospital
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 Jail.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Independence and Otterville.
Independence
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 Jail.
Buchanan County Jail
- Type: Building
- Location: Washington Township, Buchanan, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.46998° or 42° 28′ 12″ north
Longitude
-91.88862° or 91° 53′ 19″ west
Elevation
948 feet (289 metres)
Open location code
86JCF496+XH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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GeoNames ID
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