Bude Mississippi Map

About Bude, Mississippi

Bude is a locality in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 780. The population density is 211.3 people per km². Bude is located at 31.4629°N, 90.8501°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bude is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39630.

Bude emerges from the dense, pine-shadowed landscape of southwestern Mississippi, defined by the quiet persistence of Rollins Creek as it carves a path through the red clay and sediment. It lies 25.4 miles west-southwest of Brookhaven, MS (from Brookhaven, MS: bearing 252°T), and is situated 33.3 miles east-southeast of Natchez. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, often filtered through the emerald canopy of the Homochitto National Forest that presses against the perimeter of the landscape. Within a mile of the town limits, the vast, protected expanse of the Homochitto National Forest creates a transition from managed clearings to wilder, untamed timberland where the light at dusk turns a bruised, plum-colored gray. Two miles to the east, the stillness of Okhissa Lake provides a mirrored surface for the towering loblolly pines, reflecting a horizon that remains unbroken by any distant mountain peaks, save for the faint, improbable suggestion of Blue Hill far off in the haze.

Bude retains the skeletal architecture of its industrial foundations, bearing the quiet marks of a time when the timber trade dictated the pace of every waking hour. The economy, once tethered to the relentless rhythm of the sawmill, has shifted into a more measured existence where the echoes of locomotives and heavy machinery have long since faded into the hum of insects and the rustle of kudzu-covered embankments. Life in Bude moves with the deliberate gravity of a place that understands the weight of its own history, where the local character is defined by a deep, quiet communion with the surrounding woods. On humid afternoons, the town feels suspended in amber, an enclave where the past is not so much remembered as it is simply present in the weathered wood of old structures and the slow, unforced cadence of those who call the region home.

About This Bude Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bude, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.462949, -90.850101. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bude includes the ZIP code (39630), telephone area code (228), county seat of Franklin County (Meadville), and school district assignment (Franklin County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.