Английская Википедия:Buchanan, Kentucky

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Buchanan, originally named Mouth of Bear (Шаблон:CoordШаблон:Sfn), is an unincorporated community located in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States at the mouth of Bear Creek where it joins the Big Sandy River, five miles downstream from the mouth of Blaine Creek.Шаблон:Sfn

Its post office was established on 1830-01-14 by county surveyor Reuben Canterbury (alternatively spelled Canterberry), named Canterbury after himself.Шаблон:Sfn It was later renamed Turman's Ferry in March 1838, by new postmaster and ferryman Benjamin Turman.Шаблон:Sfn It was known as Round Bottom when it was relocated across the river (and state line) to Prichard, West Virginia in June 1853, and then as Buchanan (after then postmaster George Buchanan) when it was relocated back on the creek mouth side of the river in September 1861.Шаблон:Sfn

It gained a railway station on the Chattaroi Railroad in 1880, named Rockville (Шаблон:CoordШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn), after some literal rocks that were Шаблон:Convert north of the creek mouth and south of the railway depot.Шаблон:Sfn But in 1891 the railway station and the community were both (re)named Buchanan after the post office.Шаблон:Sfn By that time, the community itself comprised several lumber and livestock operations, a hotel, a flour mill, a wagonworks, and some stores.Шаблон:Sfn

The post office closed in 1976, having been a rural branch of the Louisa, Kentucky post office since August 1863.

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