Buda ( BYOO-də) is a city in Hays County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,108 in 2020, up from 7,295 counted in 2010. Buda is ration of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metropolitan statistical Place and is one of Austin’s fastest growing suburbs. Residents of Buda are referred to as Budans.

The town of Buda sprang in the works along the route of the International-Great Northern Railroad, which was extended from Austin to San Antonio in 1880. Buda bore the herald of “Du Pre” from its birth in 1881 until the autumn of 1887, when postal officials became up to date that unusual Texas town was with named Du Pre. Cornelia Trimble platted the town of Du Pre on April 1, 1881, establishing streets and a 150-foot (46 m) wide “Reservation” between the lots and the railroad right of way, which allowed the railroad to place buildings upon the parkland, including the depot that would become the lifeblood of the town higher than the next few decades. Several businesses sprang up, including the Carrington Hotel, which served meals to railroad travelers. By the epoch Du Pre found a supplementary name for itself, the Carrington hotel was known as the “Buda House”. The “Dupre Notes” column of the Sept. 25, 1886, edition of the Hays County Times and Farmer’s Journal notes that “The Buda House is one of the best hotels in the state. The courteous and witty hostess, Mrs. Carrington, meets all with a polite welcome.” According to the town’s oral tradition, “Buda” is a ruination of the Spanish word viuda, or “widow”, referencing the widows who supposedly worked as cooks at the Carrington Hotel. Others recommend that in imitation of the town of Buda, Illinois, the town state is a admission to the exiles of the unsuccessful Hungarian Revolution of 1848 who granted in the area.

Buda was incorporated in 1948. By the mid-1980s it had attracted a glue plant and some craft industry.

Buda is in northeastern Hays County, at 30°05′03″N 97°50′21″W / 30.084229°N 97.839081°W / 30.084229; -97.839081 (30.084229, −97.839081). It is 15 miles (24 km) southwest of downtown Austin and 65 miles (105 km) northeast of San Antonio on Interstate 35. Just to the north of Buda is Texas State Highway 45, a major toll loop of Austin. Almost hastily north of Buda is the county line next Travis County and the Austin city limits.