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Bude, Mississippi

Field	Value
official_name	Bude, Mississippi
settlement_type	Town
image_map	Franklin_County_Mississippi_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Bude_Highlighted.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Bude, Mississippi
pushpin_map	USA
pushpin_map_caption	Location in the United States
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Mississippi
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Franklin
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	3.70
area_land_km2	3.69
area_water_km2	0.01
area_total_sq_mi	1.43
area_land_sq_mi	1.43
area_water_sq_mi	0.01
population_as_of	2020
population_total	780
population_density_km2	211.33
population_density_sq_mi	547.37
timezone	Central (CST)
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	CDT
utc_offset_DST	-5
elevation_m	73
elevation_ft	240
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	39630
area_code	601
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	28-09460
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	0692752

Bude is a town in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,063 at the 2010 census. 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.

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.

History

Bude 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.

Geography

Bude is located in central Franklin County. It is 3 mi east of Meadville, the county seat. US 84 leads east 28 mi to Brookhaven, and US 98 leads southeast 35 mi to McComb. The two highways together lead west 36 mi to Natchez.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Bude has a total area of 3.7 km2, of which 0.01 sqkm, or 0.33%, is water.

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

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.

Education

Bude is served by the Franklin County School District.

In popular culture

Bude 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."

Notable people

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.

References

"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Bude town, Mississippi". U.S. Census Bureau.
(March 23, 2017). ""Chess Country" (video story) / "Chess program creates state-championship team in rural Mississippi" (text story)".
"Franklin County, MS - Communities & Towns". American History and Genealogy Project.
"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
"Explore Census Data".
Grisham, John. (1994). "The Chamber". Random House.
(2005). "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.

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