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Established: Dec. 31, 1838
From the Platte Purchase
County Seat: St. Joseph
                                      Named After: James Buchanan, senator from Pennsylvania and later U.S. President

                                 BUCHANAN COUNTY  
                                        The Source is: P.M. Pinckard, The Missouri handbook, St. Louis, 1865, 162 pgs. Transcribed by Donna Walton

Is situated in the west north-west part of the State, bounded on the west by the Missouri river which separates it from Kansas. This county is principally made up of undulating-commonly called "rolling prairie" land. There is a good growth of timber along the margins of the streams, and here and there fine groves upon the prairies. The soil is deep and very fertile, producing all kinds of grain, grasses, fruit, and vegetables found in the latitude. Some farmers have produced as high as 1500 lbs. Hemp to the acre, 125 bushels of corn, and proportionately large crops of wheat, rye, oats, &c, and fruit and vegetables yield largely. The "Platte Country" of which this is a portion, has a world-wide fame for its fertility and deep soil. The climate is healthy, salubrious, and free from miasmatic influences. Farming implements, mill machinery, household furniture, woolen and cotton fabrics, boots and shoes, and scores of other articles could be manufactured here to advantage. St. Joseph, the commercial city of the county, is one of the most flourishing business points in the State. Being the western terminus of the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad, and in direct communication with all points in the east, makes this the entreport for the shipment of produce, peltries and furs from a section of the country traversed by the navigable Missouri for 2000 miles to the north-west, while the trade from the plains and territories beyond in immense. Capitalists, manufacturers, mechanics, farmers, and all classes of immigrants will here find great attractions. 

Buchanan County is part of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area

Cities & Towns
Agency
De Kalb
Easton
Fauctt - Unincorporated Town
Gower
Lewis and Clark Village
Rushville
Saint Joseph
Wallace - Unincorporated Town

Townships
Agency
Bloomington
Center
Crawford
Jackson
Lake
Marion
Platte
Rush
Tremont
Washington
Wayne

Buchanan County Court  House
411 Jules
St. Joseph, MO 64501
816 - 271 - 1503

County Clerk
Room 121
Phone: (816)271-1412
Limited number of Birth and Death Records 1883 - 1893

St. Joseph Library
927 Felix Street
St. Joseph, MO 64501
816- 232 -7729

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Church History & Records

Family Branches
James A. Owen

History
The Pony Express
The Pony Express Debut
History of St. Joseph 1882
County History

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  County Updates
May 2012
Obits: Crenshaw, Greene, Klippel

March 2012
Bios: Connett

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Surrounding Counties

ANDREW
CLINTON
DEKALB
PLATTE
ATCHISON COUNTY, KANSAS
DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS

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