Buda, Texas Buda, Texas Location of Buda, Texas Location of Buda, Texas Website City of Buda Buda (/ bju d / byoo-da) is a town/city in Hays County, Texas, United States.
The populace was 7,343 inhabitants in 2010. Buda is part of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos urbane statistical region and one of Austin's quickest burgeoning suburbs. Buda is positioned at 30 05 03 N 97 50 21 W (30.084229, 97.839081). This is 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Austin and 60 miles (97 km) northeast of San Antonio on Interstate 35.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2), of which, 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2) of it is territory and 0.41% is water.
Buda is served by the Hays Consolidated Independent School District.
Buda Elementary, originally assembled in 1885 sits just outside Main Street and presently serves 500 students from the Buda area. Buda students attend Jack C.
Buda Wiener Dog Races, April 2010.
Because of its adjacency to Austin, Texas, Buda is a suburb and commuter town for commuters to Austin. Commercial evolution along the I-35 corridor, such as the Cabela's sporting good store, has increased town/city revenue tax revenue, and town/city leaders hope that further revitalization of downtown Buda will attract tourists and inhabitants to the Main Street area. Buda attracts nationwide attention for its light-hearted wiener dog competitions, which is organized every April by the Buda Lions Club.
Blue and The Strangerhood, had its office in Buda until moving back to Austin.
In 2009, the Buda City Council allowed the town/city to turn into a member of the Film Friendly Texas Program, an organization which trains improve leaders about the film manufacturing process and how to effectively facilitate recording requests.
Buda is a home rule town/city with a council-manager form of government.
Other governmental entities include the Buda Planning and Zoning Commission, the Historical Commission, the Parks Commission, the Board of Adjustments and the Economic Development Corporation.
Citizen Groups active in small-town politics include the Buda Area Chamber of Commerce and the Buda Downtown Merchants Association.
In November 2007, Buda people adopted a home rule charter by a margin of 77.85 percent, allowing the town/city to transition from general law to home rule.
The town of Buda sprang up along the route of the International-Great Northern Railroad, which was extended from Austin to San Antonio in 1880.
Buda bore the name of "Du Pre" from its birth in 1881 until the autumn of 1887, when postal officials became aware that another Texas town was also titled Du Pre.
By the time Du Pre found a new name for itself, the Carrington hotel was being referenced as "the Buda House." 25, 1886 version of the Hays County Times and Farmer's Journal, the author notes that "The Buda House is one of the best hotels in the state.
According to the town's oral tradition, the name of Buda is a corruption of the Spanish word "viuda," or "widow," referencing the widows who supposedly worked as cooks at the Carrington Hotel.
Others suggest that like the town of Buda, Illinois, the town name is a nod to the exiles of the floundered Hungarian Revolution of 1848 who settled in the area.
As of 2007, Buda recorded $384 million of assessed property value inside town/city limits.
Based on a February 2007 survey of 14 central Texas cities, Buda had the highest per capita assessed property value at $85,431 per resident.
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Buda Elementary History, Hays CISD Retrieved 2015-08-25.
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"Buda anticipates revenue tax revenue increase in 2015 Community Impact Newspaper".
"Texas Film Commission, Office of the Governor Film Friendly Texas Film Friendly Texas Certified Communities".
"BUDA, TX | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)".
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