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Welcome to Budapest ...

Budapest is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Budapest is located in Ripley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Budapest, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Budapest is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Budapest: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Budapest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Budapest - it's located in Georgia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Budapest.

Communities near Budapest ...

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

  • Poplar Bluff
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Doniphan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Naylor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Naylor is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
  • Neelyville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Ellsinore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Williamsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Grandin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Grandin is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
  • Fairdealing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
  • Gamburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Gamburg is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
  • Oxly
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Oxly is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxly

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 Budapest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Budapest.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Budapest. 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 Budapest.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Budapest ...

Looking for more information about Budapest? 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 Budapest, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Budapest.

Adding Budapest to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Budapest in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Budapest was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Budapest post office opened in 1912. The Budapest post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Budapest.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Ripley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Budapest - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Budapest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Budapest area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/