Was Buda ever capital of Texas?

[AskNott]

My workplace uses hand soap packed in a carton made by Capital City Box Co. in Buda, TX. A quick bit of Googling told me some background on Buda, but no answer to my question. I know that before statehood, Texas lived under several government systems. Did any of them use Buda as capital?

[yabob]

It appears to be a suburb of Austin. I would guess that’s the association with the name.

[Ringo]

From a Texas Historical Commission site:

In 1836, five sites served as temporary capitals of Texas (Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Velasco and Columbia) before Sam Houston moved the capital to Houston in 1837. In 1839, the capital was moved to the new town of Austin.

I grew up here in Texas, and I’d forgotten about all of the first year capitals with the exception of Washington-on-the-Brazos.

If you visit the City of Buda website, you’ll notice they make much of their proximity to Austin, as yabob guessed.

[xicanorex]

*Originally posted by yabob *
**It appears to be a suburb of Austin. I would guess that’s the association with the name. **

Sorry to nitpick, but, no, Buda is a not a suburb of Austin. It’s pretty darn close, but it’s a city of itself.

XicanoreX

[Road_Rash]

*Originally posted by xicanorex *
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*Originally posted by yabob *
**It appears to be a suburb of Austin. I would guess that’s the association with the name. **

Sorry to nitpick, but, no, Buda is a not a suburb of Austin. It’s pretty darn close, but it’s a city of itself.

XicanoreX **

I thought that was what a suburb was. Incorporated or not.

[xicanorex]

*Originally posted by Road Rash *
**I thought that was what a suburb was. Incorporated or not. **

Ladies and gentlemen . …Iiiiiiittttt’sssss tiiimeee for:
The Semantics Show!!

OK, . . .hmm . . .you might be right:

From the Merriam-Webster online:

Main Entry: sub·urb
Pronunciation: 's&-"b&rb
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin suburbium, from sub- near + urbs city – more at SUB-
Date: 14th century
1 a : an outlying part of a city or town b : a smaller community adjacent to or within commuting distance of a city c plural : the residential area on the outskirts of a city or large town
2 plural : the near vicinity : ENVIRONS

or not . .depends who closely you nitpick like me. Buda is about, oh, maybe 10 to 15 minutes from Austin. So, I guess it is a “community adjacent to or within commuting distance of a city”, but it is not part of the city and as far as I know not many people who work in Austin live in there.

Some modern history:

In 1929 its population was estimated at 600, but by 1933 it fell to 300. Only in the mid-1980s, as the growth of Austin began to be felt in Buda, did its population once again approach predepression levels. The town was incorporated in 1948, and in 1967 Buda, Kyle, and Wimberley formed the Hays Consolidated Independent School District (only Buda and Kyle remained in the district after 1986). By the mid-1980s Buda had attracted a cement plant and some craft industry, but the community was still primarily rural and residential. Its population in 1990 was 1,795.

For more on Buda: http://www.budatx.com/

or

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/BB/hlb59.html

Oh, heck, it’s a subub.

XicanoreX

[xicanorex]

uh, . …dang it . .“suburb”

XicanoreX

[AskNott]

Thanks, folks, for your answers. Since Buda is in Texas, maybe it’s a sub-bubba.

–Nott