Headnote

BUCHANAN COUNTY, situated on the westerly boundary of Missouri on the east side of Missouri river. Area, 800 square miles. Seat of justice, Sparta. Pop. in 1840, 6,237 ; in 1850, 12,975. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Missouri

Buchanan County, Missouri (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
BUCHANAN COUNTY, situated on the westerly boundary of Missouri on the east side of Missouri river. Area, 800 square miles. Seat of justice, Sparta. Pop. in 1840, 6,237 ; in 1850, 12,975.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 55.
Date Type
Southern saboteurs cause the wreck of a civilian express train in Missouri, killing twenty Crime/Disasters
Name Type
St. Joseph, MO City or Town
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