Buchanan may refer to:

People

James Buchanan James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He also served as the United States Secretary of State, secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represented Pennsylvan ...

(1791–1868), the 15th president of the United States *

Buchanan (surname) Buchanan is a surname of Scottish origin (see Clan Buchanan). People with this surname include: Academia and science * Alick Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno (1898–1984), British academic, soldier and politician * Allen Buchanan (born 1948), Americ ...

Places

Antarctica

* Buchanan Point, Laurie Island

Australia

* Buchanan, New South Wales * Buchanan, Northern Territory, a locality *

Buchanan, South Australia Buchanan is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated in the Regional Council of Goyder. It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the "long established local name". The area was reported ...

, a locality

Canada

Buchanan, Saskatchewan Buchanan ( ; 2021 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Buchanan No. 304 and Census Division No. 9. History Buchanan incorporated as a village on June 11, 1907. The village ...

* Rural Municipality of Buchanan No. 304, Saskatchewan

Liberia

Buchanan, Liberia Buchanan (), also previously known as Grand Bassa on some maps, is the third largest city in Liberia, lying on Waterhouse Bay, part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2008 census, Buchanan had a population of 34,270. Of this, 16,984 were male and 17 ...

, a large coastal town

United Kingdom

Buchanan, Stirling Buchanan is a historic parish in Stirlingshire in Scotland. It includes a large part of the eastern shore of Loch Lomond. The most populated village in the parish is Milton of Buchanan, but the village that is most popular with tourists is Balma ...

, Scotland

United States

*Buchanan, Tuolumne County, California, unincorporated community * Fort Buchanan, Kansas, a former town and pioneer fort *

Buchanan, Georgia Buchanan is a city and the county seat of Haralson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,104 at the 2010 census, up from 941 at the 2000 census. Locally, the city's name is pronounced Buck-HAN-uhn. History Buchanan was founded ...

, city * Buchanan, Iowa, unincorporated community * Buchanan Creek, a stream in Iowa *

Buchanan, Michigan Buchanan is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,300 at the 2020 census. The city is located at the southeast corner of Buchanan Township, about west of Niles. History The community was named after Ja ...

, city *

Buchanan, New York Buchanan is a village located in the town of Cortlandt in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 2,302 as of the 2020 census. The now decommissioned Indian Point nuclear power facility is located in Buchanan. The 2000 ...

, village *

Buchanan, North Dakota Buchanan is a city in Stutsman County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 87 at the 2020 census. Buchanan was founded in 1887. Buchanan was once home to ''Henry Leuhr's Giant Bull'', inspired by the World's Largest Buffalo in Ja ...

, city *

Buchanan, Oregon Buchanan is an unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon, United States. It is approximately east of Burns on U.S. Route 20. History The community was named after the family of William D. Buchanan, who, with his sons Joe and George, ...

, unincorporated community *

Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico United States Army Garrison Fort Buchanan, is a United States Army installation in Puerto Rico. It is located in the metropolitan area of the capital, San Juan. History Puerto Rico was part of the Spanish Empire from the time of Christopher Col ...

, a US Army installation *

Buchanan, Tennessee Buchanan is an unincorporated community in Henry County, Tennessee. It is located about six miles west of Paris Landing State Park, which is located on the Tennessee River on the west bank of Kentucky Lake. Buchanan was founded in the 1840s. As ...

* Buchanan, Texas, former community *

Buchanan, Virginia Buchanan ( ) is a town in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,196 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area. It was the western terminus of the James River and Kanawha ...

, town *

Buchanan, Wisconsin Buchanan is a town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 6,755 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Darboy is located in the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau The Un ...

, town *

Buchanan Township, Michigan Buchanan Charter Township is a charter township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,436. The city of Buchanan is located in the southeast portion of the township. Buchanan Chart ...

Fort Buchanan, Arizona Fort Buchanan was a US Army post founded in 1856 three miles southwest of present-day Sonoita, Arizona, Sonoita in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, on the east slope of what is now called Hog Canyon. At the time, the area ...

, former US Army base

Music

Buchanan (band) Buchanan are an Australian alternative rock band formed in late 2009, the project of English-born Josh Simons in collaboration with friends. They retired on their 10th anniversary. Career 2009–2012: Early years and ''No Photo - EP'' Origin ...

, an Australian alternative rock band

Other uses

Clan Buchanan Clan Buchanan ( ) is a Scottish Highlands, Highlands Scottish Clan whose origins are said to lie in the 1225 grant of lands on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond to clergyman Sir Absalon of Buchanan by the Earl of Lennox."The Scottish Clans and T ...

Buchanan (car) N H Buchanan Motor Co Pty Ltd was an Australian kit car manufacturer. It made sports cars in the 1950s. The original body produced by Buchanan was a fibreglass item based on an Aston Martin DB3-S racing car. Buchanan borrowed a DB3-S and p ...

, an Australian carmaker *

Buchanan (horse) Buchanan (1881 – c.1898) was an American thoroughbred racehorse and was the winner of the 1884 Kentucky Derby, Ripple Stakes and Clark Stakes. Buchanan had not achieved a race win before competing in the Kentucky Derby and by contemporar ...

, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, the winner of the 1884 Kentucky Derby *

Buchanan High School (Clovis, California) Dr. Floyd B. Buchanan High School, known as Buchanan High School, is a four-year public high school in Clovis, California, United States. The school is part of the Buchanan Educational Center, which houses approximately 5,000 students at Garfield ...

, a high school in Clovis, California, USA *

Buchanan High School, North Lanarkshire Buchanan High School is an additional support needs secondary school in the Townhead neighbourhood of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Replacing the previous facility Drumpark School established in the 1920s (the name of which continu ...

, a high school in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland *

Buchanan's Buchanan's is a brand of Scotch whisky produced by Diageo in Scotland. History James Buchanan, born in Canada but son of Scottish immigrants, returned to the United Kingdom shortly after he was born and he was brought up in Larne. He joined a ...

, a brand of Scotch whisky * ''

Buchanan v. Warley ''Buchanan v. Warley'', 245 U.S. 60 (1917), is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States addressed civil government-instituted racial segregation in residential areas. The Court held unanimously that a Louisville, Kentucky, city ordi ...

'', a 1917 United States Supreme Court case.