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

Buchanan Township was named in memory of an army officer who drowned there in 1833 while crossing a creek.[2]

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.

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


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