[3] It was known as Round Bottom when it was relocated across the river (and state line) to Prichard, West Virginia in June 1853, and then as Buchanan (after then postmaster George Buchanan) when it was relocated back on the creek mouth side of the river in September 1861.

[3] It gained a railway station on the Chattaroi Railroad in 1880, named Rockville (38°14′38″N 82°36′33″W / 38.24389°N 82.60917°W / 38.24389; -82.60917 (Rockville Railroad Station)[4][5]), after some literal rocks that were 100 yards (91 m) north of the creek mouth and south of the railway depot.

[3] But in 1891 the railway station and the community were both (re)named Buchanan after the post office.

[3] By that time, the community itself comprised several lumber and livestock operations, a hotel, a flour mill, a wagonworks, and some stores.

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