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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Buchanan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 89,201. Its county seat is St. Joseph. When originally formed in 1838, the county was named Roberts County, after settler Hiram Roberts. It was renamed in 1839 for James Buchanan, then a U.S. Senator and later President of the United States. The county was formed from land annexed to Missouri, as were five other counties.
Buchanan County is included in the St. Joseph, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1838 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1840 | 6,237
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| 1850 | 12,975
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| 1860 | 23,861
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| 1870 | 35,109
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| 1880 | 49,792
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| 1890 | 70,100
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| 1900 | 121,838
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| 1910 | 93,020
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| 1920 | 93,684
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| 1930 | 98,633
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| 1940 | 94,067
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| 1950 | 96,826
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| 1960 | 90,581
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| 1970 | 86,915
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| 1980 | 87,888
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| 1990 | 83,083
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Buchanan County, Missouri, United States
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