Bude is a town in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,063 at the 2010 census.[2] Bude is located on the north bank of the Homochitto River, which bisects the county on a diagonal running from northeast to southwest, where it flows on its way to the Mississippi River. U.S. Routes 98 and 84 run by Bude.
Bude, Mississippi | |
|---|---|
 Location of Bude, Mississippi | |
  Bude, Mississippi Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 31°27′48″N 90°50′48″W / 31.46333°N 90.84667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Franklin |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.43 sq mi (3.70 km2) |
| • Land | 1.43 sq mi (3.69 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 240 ft (73 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 780 |
| • Density | 547.37/sq mi (211.33/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 39630 |
| Area code | 601 |
| FIPS code | 28-09460 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0692752 |
American Railcar Industries operates a large maintenance shop in Bude.
Bude appeared in a March 2017 segment of 60 Minutes because its chess team won the state championship.[3]
History
editBude was founded by European Americans in 1912 and named for the former home in England of Mrs. F.L. Peck, whose husband was one of the town's founders.[4]
Geography
editBude is located in central Franklin County. It is 3 miles (5 km) east of Meadville, the county seat. US 84 leads east 28 miles (45 km) to Brookhaven, and US 98 leads southeast 35 miles (56 km) to McComb. The two highways together lead west 36 miles (58 km) to Natchez.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Bude has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.7 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.33%, is water.[2]
As the town is in the center of southwest Mississippi, there is a Mississippi Public Broadcasting radio and TV antenna located in the town.
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 1,121 | — | |
| 1930 | 1,378 | 22.9% | |
| 1940 | 1,207 | −12.4% | |
| 1950 | 1,195 | −1.0% | |
| 1960 | 1,185 | −0.8% | |
| 1970 | 1,146 | −3.3% | |
| 1980 | 1,092 | −4.7% | |
| 1990 | 969 | −11.3% | |
| 2000 | 1,037 | 7.0% | |
| 2010 | 1,063 | 2.5% | |
| 2020 | 780 | −26.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] | |||
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 344 | 44.1% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 406 | 52.05% |
| Other/Mixed | 18 | 2.31% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 1.54% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 780 people, 359 households, and 175 families residing in the town.
Economy
editThe First and Main Cafe is located in Bude.[3]
Education
editBude is served by the Franklin County School District.
In popular culture
editBude is mentioned in John Grisham's novel The Chamber:
The white male selected a phone number. His conversation went something like this: "Hello, this is Lester Crosby, from Bude, Mississippi. I'm calling about the execution of Sam Cayhall. Yes ma'am. My number? It's 555-9084. Yes, that's right, Bude, Mississippi, down here in Franklin County."[7]
Notable people
edit- Regina B. Schofield, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs. At Schofield's confirmation hearing in 2005, Trent Lott, born in Grenada, said:
I am very proud of her background, being from Bude, Mississippi. It is a long way from Bude, Mississippi, to Washington, D.C., and the Justice Department. In fact, if I gave you a map, you probably couldn't find it, but you have got some areas in Kansas pretty far out at the end of the road, too. It is a lot of beautiful people, and I know that community is very proud of Regina and her achievements.[8]
References
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- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Bude town, Mississippi". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ a b ""Chess Country" (video story) / "Chess program creates state-championship team in rural Mississippi" (text story)". CBS News. March 23, 2017. (Bude is shown in the 60 Minutes story, which is clickable from this source)
- ^ "Franklin County, MS - Communities & Towns". American History and Genealogy Project. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ Grisham, John (1994). The Chamber. Random House. ISBN 9780440220602.
- ^ "Confirmation Hearings on the Nominations of Rachel L. Brand, Alice S. Fisher, and Regina B. Schofield to be Assistant Attorneys General". U.S. Government Printing Office. 2005.