Buchanan Township, Page County, Iowa

Buchanan Township is a township in Page County, Iowa, United States.
Buchanan Township was named in memory of an army officer who drowned there in 1833 while crossing a creek. It is also the first settled place in Page County by American pioneers when G. W. Farrens built a log cabin in 1840. It was one of the two original townships along with Nodaway Township
Buchanan Township was surveyed in January 1846 by Surveyor General of Missouri, Thomas Monroe.
Three hamlets existed in the southern and western portions of the township in the late 19th Century: Centre, Crooks, and Morseman; the latter two being along the Burlington, Wabash, St. Louis Railroad.