Editing Buchanan, Michigan (section)

==History==
The community was named after [[James Buchanan]], the 15th President of the United States.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bcgensoc.com/facts.php?sid=3 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313101635/https://bcgensoc.com/facts.php?sid=3 | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 March 2018 | title=Origins - Old Place Names | publisher=Berrien County Genealogical Society | access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref> Popularly known as "Redbud City" because of the many [[Cercis canadensis|redbud]] trees that have historically lined city streets and the major approaches to the city, Buchanan has long been recognized as a [[Tree City USA]] by the [[National Arbor Day Foundation]].

The area, already having been populated by Native Americans in places such as the [[Moccasin Bluff site]], was first settled in 1833 at the spot where [[McCoy Creek (Michigan)|McCoy Creek]] meets the [[St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)|St. Joseph River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berriencounty.org/econdev/pdfs/buchanan_city.pdf |title=City of Buchanan profile |access-date=2008-04-01 |date=January 2008 |publisher=[[Berrien County, Michigan|Berrien County]] Community Development Department |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820183027/http://www.berriencounty.org/econdev/pdfs/buchanan_city.pdf |archive-date=August 20, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The village of Buchanan was platted in 1842 and incorporated in 1858.<ref>Coolidge, Orville W. (1906). ''A Twentieth Century History of Berrien County, Michigan'', p. 216. The Lewis Publishing Company.</ref>

In 1941, as part of the [[Section of Painting and Sculpture|Section of Fine Arts]] arts projects, [[Gertrude Goodrich]] painted a mural, ''Production'', in the Buchanan post office. Later painted over, it is in the process of being restored.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wpamurals.com/buchanan.htm|title=Buchanan, MI Art - wpamurals.com|website=wpamurals.com|access-date=27 December 2017|archive-date=22 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322150241/http://www.wpamurals.com/buchanan.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On April 12, 1979, farms, houses and mobile homes just north of the city were damaged by an F2 [[tornado]]. There were no deaths but several residences sustained significant damage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/iwx/IWX_Tors/countymaps/Berrien.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524042050/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/iwx/IWX_Tors/countymaps/Berrien.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-24 |url-status=live |title=Berrien County MI Tornado Track Map |access-date=2008-04-01 |publisher=[[National Weather Service]] Northern Indiana Weather Forecast Office: Historical Tornado Data, Statistics and Maps For NWS Northern Indiana County Warning Area}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crh.noaa.gov/iwx/program_areas/wxhisttdy/index.php?url=Apr12 |title=On Apr 12 in weather history... |access-date=2008-04-01 |publisher=[[National Weather Service]] Northern Indiana Weather Forecast Office: Today in Weather History }}</ref>