Buchanan may refer to:

People

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

Africa

* Buchanan, Liberia, a large coastal town

Antarctica

Buchanan Point Buchanan Point is a headland north-west of Cape Dundas and south-east of Mackintosh Cove, at the north-eastern end of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. Etymology In 1903 the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition unde ...

, Laurie Island

Australia

Buchanan, New South Wales Buchanan is a locality in the City of Maitland and City of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately half farmland and half forested. It was notable as being the intersection of the roads between Maitland, Beresfield, Kurri and ...

Buchanan, Northern Territory __NOTOC__ Buchanan is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the territory's west adjoining the border with the state of Western Australia about south of the territory capital of Darwin and about south-west of the munici ...

, 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 *

Rural Municipality of Buchanan No. 304 The Rural Municipality of Buchanan No. 304 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 9 and Division No. 4. History The RM of Buchanan No. 304 incorporated as a r ...

, Saskatchewan

Puerto Rico

Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico United States Army Garrison Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, 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 Ch ...

, a US Army installation

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 in ...

, city *

Buchanan, Indiana Buchanan is an unincorporated community in Floyd County, Indiana, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North Amer ...

, unincorporated community *

Buchanan, Iowa Buchanan is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Cedar County, Iowa, Cedar County, Iowa, United States. History It was named for Alexander Buchanan, a farmer who owned land near the original town site. Alexander Buchanan was born ...

, unincorporated community * Buchanan, Michigan, city * Buchanan, New York, 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 James ...

, city *

Buchanan, Oregon Buchanan is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon, Harney County, Oregon, United States. It is about east of Burns, Oregon, Burns on U.S. Route 20 in Oregon, U.S. Route 20. History The community was named aft ...

, unincorporated community *

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 of ...

* Buchanan, Texas, former community * Buchanan, Virginia, 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 town has ...

, town *

Buchanan Township, Michigan Buchanan Township is a civil township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 3,523. The city of Buchanan is located in the southeast portion of the township. Buchanan Township is boun ...

* Fort Buchanan, Arizona, former US Army base

Music

Buchanan (band) Buchanan are an alternative rock band formed in late 2009. The band is the project of English-born Josh Simons in collaboration with friends. Buchanan announced their retirement in January 2019 on their tenth anniversary. Simons currently serve ...

, an Australian alternative rock band

Other uses

Clan Buchanan Clan Buchanan ( gd, Na Cananaich ) is a 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 Thei ...

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 contemporary ...

, 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, 1st Baron Woolavington, James Buchanan, born in Canada but son of Scotland, Scottish immigrants, returned to the United Kingdom shortly after he was b ...

, 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 ordin ...

'', a 1917 United States Supreme Court case.