Buckhannon

Buckhannon is a city of 5,725 people in , and the only incorporated community in Upshur County. It was established in 1816 and named for Buckongahelas, a Native American chief of the Lenni-Lenape tribe who often hunted around the area, and whose name was often mispronounced by English settlers as "Buckongehanon".
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  • Town with 5,580 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,430 feet (436 metres)
  • Description: city in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States
  • Postal code: 26201
  • Also known as
    “Buchanon”
    “Buckhannon Town”
    “Buckhannon, West Virginia”
    “Buckhannon, WV”
    “Buckwheat”
    “Bush Fort”

Places of Interest

Highlights include West Virginia Wesleyan College.
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is a private college in Buckhannon, West Virginia, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deanville and South Buckhannon.
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is an unincorporated community along the… is situated 2 miles south of Buckhannon.

Buckhannon

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Latitude
38.9939° or 38° 59′ 38″ north
Longitude
-80.2323° or 80° 13′ 56″ west
UN/LOCODE
US BHN
Open location code
86CXXQV9+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154010127
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4800587
Wiki­data ID
Q600504

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Buckhannon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيوكانان (فيرجينيا الغربية)”
  • Arabic: “بيوكانان”
  • Basque: “Buckhannon”
  • Catalan: “Buckhannon”
  • Cebuano: “Buckhannon”
  • Chechen: “Бакгеннон (Малхбузен Вирджини)”
  • Chechen: “Бакгеннон”
  • Chinese: “巴克漢農”
  • Croatian: “Buckhannon, Zapadna Virginia”
  • Croatian: “Buckhannon”
  • Czech: “Buckhannon”
  • Dagbani: “Buckhannon”
  • Danish: “Buckhannon”
  • Dutch: “Buckhannon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيوكانان”
  • French: “Buckhannon”
  • German: “Buckhannon”
  • Gilaki: “باخ‌هانن (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “باخ‌هانن”
  • Hungarian: “Buckhannon”
  • Irish: “Buckhannon”
  • Italian: “Buckhannon”
  • Japanese: “バックハノン”
  • Ladin: “Buckhannon”
  • Malagasy: “Buckhannon, West Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Buckhannon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Buckhannon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Buckhannon”
  • Norwegian: “Buckhannon”
  • Persian: “بوکهانون، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “بوکهانون”
  • Persian: “بیوکانان”
  • Polish: “Buckhannon”
  • Portuguese: “Buckhannon”
  • Russian: “Бакханнон”
  • Serbian: “Бакханон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Buckhannon, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Buckhannon”
  • Slovak: “Buckhannon”
  • Spanish: “Buckhannon, Virginia Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Buckhannon”
  • Swedish: “Buckhannon”
  • Tatar: “Бакгеннон (Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Бакгеннон”
  • Ukrainian: “Бакгеннон”
  • Urdu: “بکھینن، ویسٹ ورجینیا”
  • Volapük: “Buckhannon”
  • Welsh: “Buckhannon, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Buckhannon”

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