Buda, Texas

By: Karlene

Some Words You May Not Know Throughout The Presentation

• Attraction – The action or power of evoking interest, pleasure, or liking for someone or something.

• Great Depression – The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s.

• Mill – A building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour

• Widow – A woman who has lost her husband by death and has not remarried.

• International-Great Northern Railroad – A railroad that operated in the U.S. state of Texas. It was created on September 30, 1873 when international Railroad and Houston and Great Northern Railroad merged

• Predepression – The act of depressing

The History Behind How Buda Got Its Name

Buda was not named Buda from the start. It was once named Du Pre.

The most common explanation for why Buda is named Buda

Buda comes from the Spanish word viuda or widow and may refer to a pair of widows that cooked at the Carrington Hotel in the 1800s.

History

Buda was established on April 1, 1881 when Cornelia Trimble donated land for a town site at an International-Great Northern railroad depot where Buda was just some land.

At different times the community supported mills, hotels, banks, a lumberyard, two newspapers, a cheese factory, a movie theater, and a skating rink.

When the Great Depression hit in about 1929 the estimated population was 600, in 1933 it fell to about 300. It did not grow back to the predepression levels until mid 1980s. Its population then grew in 1990 to 1,795 then 2,204 in 2000.

Buda City Council Members

• Bobby Laine – Mayor• Ron Fletcher – Council member place 1• Todd Ruge – Council Member place 2 • Sandra Tenorio – Council member place 3• Cathy Chilcote – Council member place 4 • Thomas Crouse – Council member place 5• Scott Dodd – Council member place 6

Attractions

• Cabelas sporting goods store• Budafest • Weiner Dog Races• Parish Festival• Red White n Buda• Boo-da Halloween• Fire Fest Texas• Buda Fine Arts Festival

Weather and Climate

• Warmest month – August• Highest recorded temperature – 111 degrees Fahrenheit in 2000• Coolest month – January• Lowest recorded temperature -2 degrees Fahrenheit in 1989• Average wettest month – June• Average temperature – 69 (my calculations)• Buda-area tornado activity is around Texas state average, 93%

greater than the overall U.S. average.• The number of natural disaster in Hays county is greater than the

U.S. average: Fires: 7, Storms: 6, Floods: 5, Hurricanes: 3, Tornadoes: 2, Wind: 1. (some incidents might be in more than one category.)

Area and population

• Buda is about 2.4 square miles• Buda’s 2010 census population was 7,295

Sources

1. _____. “City History.” 2012. Buda, TX. 13 April 2012 http://ci.buda.tx.us./city-history.

2. _____. “Buda, Texas.” 17 January 2012. wikipedia. 13 April 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buda,_Texas

3. Comfort Suites. “Buda Attractions.”2010. Comfort Suites. 26 April 2012 http://www.comfortsuitesbudatx.com/buda_attractions.aspx

4. Daniel P. Greene. “BUDA, TX.” ____. ____. 29 April 2012 http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlb59

5. _____. “Buda, Texas” _____. 29 April 2012 http://www.city-data.com/city/Buda-Texas

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