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Buda was formally established on April 1, 1881, when Cornelia Trimble platted a townsite at an International-Great Northern Railroad depot on Interstate 35's future corridor, seventeen miles south of downtown Austin.

The town was first called Du Pre, but in 1887 postal officials forced a change because another Texas town had the name - folklore says the new name Buda came from the Spanish word viuda, meaning "widow," honoring two widows who cooked for railroad travelers at the town's Carrington Hotel.

Buda was not incorporated until 1948, and it stayed a small railroad and dairy-farming town for a century - its population was still under 500 in 1950.

Buda's population was 15,108 at the 2020 census, more than double its 7,295 residents in 2010, making it one of the fastest-growing suburbs in the Austin metropolitan area.

Buda has about 6,060 households, with roughly 77% of homes owner-occupied and a median home value of about $446,600, according to Census QuickFacts.

Buda holds the trademarked title "Wiener Dog Capital of Texas," and its annual Lions Club Wiener Dog Races draw around 400 racing dachshunds and thousands of spectators each year.

Buda also calls itself the "Outdoor Capital of Texas," pointing to its 14 parks - more parks per capita than any other city in Texas - headlined by the Buda Amphitheater & City Park.

Downtown Buda preserves its railroad-era character along six blocks of historic Main Street storefronts.

Buda children attend Hays Consolidated Independent School District campuses, including Moe and Gene Johnson High School, which stands inside the Buda city limits.

Buda's settlers first arrived in the 1840s - Phillip J. Allen settled the area as early as 1846, on land that had been part of a Mexican grant to Stephen van Rensselaer Egleston.