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Buchanan Dam (/bəkˈhænən/ bək-HAN-ən) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Llano County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,519 at the 2010 census, down from 1,688 at the 2000 census.

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Geography

Buchanan Dam is located in northeastern Llano County at 30°45′52″N 98°27′15″W / 30.764459°N 98.454175°W / 30.764459; -98.454175 (30.764459, -98.454175), on the west and south shores of Lake Buchanan, a reservoir on the Colorado River. The CDP also occupies the south and west shores of Inks Lake, on the Colorado directly downstream from Lake Buchanan. It extends north along Lake Buchanan as far as Bluffton.

Texas State Highway 29 passes through the southern part of the CDP, crossing the Colorado River just south of the Buchanan Dam. Highway 29 leads east 13 miles (21 km) to Burnet and west 16 miles (26 km) to Llano. State Highway 261 leads north from Highway 29 up the west side of Lake Buchanan 8 miles (13 km) to Bluffton.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Buchanan Dam CDP has a total area of 20.2 square miles (52.4 km), of which 7.8 square miles (20.1 km) are land and 12.5 square miles (32.3 km), or 61.70%, are water.

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