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History · Bud

Bud’s post office opened in 1905

Most of Bud was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1955. Below: maps from 1912 on.

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How Bud began

When was Bud founded?

1905

The Bud post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Alpoca (1915), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 347121 years
Founding year: the first Bud post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Bud’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Bud are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19125 editions of the USGS map, 1912 to 1996. Watch Bud change.Old housesHalf of Bud’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bud’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Bud on the map, 1912 to 1996

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bud. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Bud on the 1912 USGS mapBud on the 1925 USGS mapBud on the 1967 USGS mapBud on the 1976 USGS mapBud on the 1996 USGS map1912Mullens sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bud.

The story so far

Bud, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bud yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Bud is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along Barkers Creek and West Virginia Route 10. As of the 2020 census, its population was 347 (down from 487 at the 2010 census). The community has the name of Bud Adams, a businessperson in the local logging industry.

Its first post office opened in 1905. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 487 to 347 (-29%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Bud, 1905 to 1998

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905Post officeThe Bud post office opens
  3. 1912On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1915Post officeThe Alpoca post office opens
  5. 1998Post officeThe Alpoca post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Bud’s post office has been open since 1905. Another post office, Alpoca, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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Alpoca
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Alpoca

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Bud’s history

What year was Bud founded?

The Bud post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.