Buchanan Township, Page County, Iowa

Buchanan Creek on Teak Avenue bridge in western Buchanan Township.

Buchanan Township is a township in Page County, Iowa, United States.[1]

Buchanan Township was named in memory of an army officer who drowned there in 1833 while crossing a creek.[2] It is also the first settled place in Page County by American pioneers when G. W. Farrens built a log cabin in 1840.[3] It was one of the two original townships along with Nodaway Township[3]

Three hamlets existed in the southern and western portions of the township in the late 19th Century: Centre, Crooks, and Morseman; the latter two being along the Burlington, Wabash, St. Louis Railroad.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buchanan Township, Page County, Iowa
  2. ^ Biographical History of Page County, Iowa. Lewis & Dunbar. 1890. p. 428.
  3. ^ a b c History of Page County. Des Moines: Iowa Historical Co. 1880. p. 356.

40°36′N 94°58′W / 40.600°N 94.967°W / 40.600; -94.967

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