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Welcome to New Buda ...

New Buda is located in Decatur County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Buda, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

New Buda is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: New Buda lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for New Buda: 641

Communities near New Buda ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Buda.

  • Lamoni
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Leon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Leon is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <3>
  • Princeton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Ridgeway
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Eagleville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mercer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Mercer is located in Mercer County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mercer <3>
  • Kellerton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cainsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Cainsville is located in Harrison County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
  • Lineville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Lineville is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
  • Grand River
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Grand River is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around New Buda. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Buda.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Buda. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Buda.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Buda. See our Newspapers Page for New Buda.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Buda ...

Looking for more information about New Buda? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to New Buda, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for New Buda.

Adding New Buda to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Buda in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for New Buda was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the New Buda post office opened in 1850. The New Buda post office closed in 1880.

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Buda.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Decatur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Buda - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/