Buda, Illinois

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Buda, Illinois
Village
Buda in 2003
Buda in 2003
Location of Buda in Bureau County, Illinois.
Location of Buda in Bureau County, Illinois.
Location of Illinois in the United States
Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 41°19′35″N 89°40′48″W / 41.32639°N 89.68000°W / 41.32639; -89.68000Coordinates: 41°19′35″N 89°40′48″W / 41.32639°N 89.68000°W / 41.32639; -89.68000
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyBureau
TownshipConcord
Area
[1]
 • Total1.02 sq mi (2.63 km2)
 • Land1.02 sq mi (2.63 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)  0%
Population
 (2010)
 • Total538
 • Estimate 
(2019)[2]
501
 • Density492.63/sq mi (190.29/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)309
FIPS code17-09356
Wikimedia CommonsBuda, Illinois

Buda is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 538 at the 2010 census.[3] It is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History[]

The village was named after Buda, now a part of Budapest, in Hungary.[4] Buda was chosen in honor of the hometown of exiled Hungarian politician Louis Kossuth.[5]

19970426 23 Amtrak, Buda, Illinois (5796617354)

Buda was established in 1854 to serve the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. [6]It displaced French Grove, Illinois which had been the post office in the area before the establishment of Buda. Judge Jesse Emmerson and W. H. Bloom opened the first and second stores respectively in Buda. In 1955 Dr. Holoton became of the first doctor in the community.[7]

An industrialist named George Chalender founded the Buda Engine Co. in Buda Illinois in 1910. The company relocated to Harvey, Illinois before being acquired by Allis-Chalmers in 1953. [8]

Geography[]

Buda is located at

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41°19′35″N 89°40′48″W / 41.32639°N 89.68000°W / 41.32639; -89.68000 (41.326297, -89.680131).[9]

According to the 2010 census, Buda has a total area of 1 square mile (2.59 km2), all land.[10]

Demographics[]

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1880778—
189099027.2%
1900873−11.8%
19108871.6%
1920796−10.3%
1930794−0.3%
1940734−7.6%
19507613.7%
1960732−3.8%
1970675−7.8%
1980668−1.0%
1990563−15.7%
20005925.2%
2010538−9.1%
2019 (est.)501[2]−6.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[11]

As of the census[12] of 2000, there were 592 people, 236 households, and 171 families residing in the village. The population density was 587.3 people per square mile (226.3/km2). There were 258 housing units at an average density of 256.0 per square mile (98.6/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 99.16% White, 0.17% Asian, 0.34% from other races, and 0.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.35% of the population.

There were 236 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 28.0% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $34,231, and the median income for a family was $38,854. Males had a median income of $31,094 versus $16,771 for females. The per capita income for the village was $15,320. About 9.2% of families and 12.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.8% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education[]

The communities of Buda and Sheffield combined to form the Western School District in 1960. The name came from the fact that the two towns are on the western side of Bureau County. In 1995 Buda and Sheffield again consolidated by joining school districts based in Manlius, Walnut, Wyanet to form the Bureau Valley School District. [13]

Media References[]

  • Buda, Illinois is referenced in "They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!" from Sufjan Stevens's 2005 album Illinois.[14]

Notable person[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Buda village, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  4. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 49.
  5. ^ Farkas, Zoltan J. (1971-06-01). "Hungarian City and County Names in the United States". Names. 19 (2): 141–143. doi:10.1179/nam.1971.19.2.141. ISSN 1756-2279.
  6. ^ Bradsby, H. C. (1885). History of Bureau County, Illinois. Hathitrust. World Pub. Co. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  7. ^ [https://hdl.handle.net/2027//cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t2h70r11f&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021 Past and present of Bureau County, Illinois : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead] at the HathiTrust Digital Library
  8. ^ "What is a "Buda" engine?".
  9. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  10. ^ "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  11. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  12. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  13. ^ Hieronymus, Kevin (September 25, 2019). "Taking a trip back to the Glory Days". Shaw Media. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  14. ^ Sufjan Stevens – They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!, retrieved 2017-08-22

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