Bucoda is an unincorporated community in

Dunklin County Dunklin County is located in the Bootheel of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,283. The largest city and county seat is Kennett. The county was officially organized on February 14, 1845, and is named in ...

, Missouri, United States. Bucoda is located on

U.S. Route 412 U.S. Route 412 is an east–west United States highway, first commissioned in 1982. U.S. 412 overlaps expressway-grade Cimarron Turnpike from Tulsa west to Interstate 35 and the Cherokee Turnpike from east of Chouteau, Oklahoma, to west of the ...

, southwest of Senath. An early variant name was Byrds, after A. R. Byrds, the original owner of the site. The present name is an amalgamation of the surnames of early settlers Buchanan, Coburn, and Davis. A post office called Byrds was established in 1895, the name was changed to Bucoda in 1917, and the post office closed in 1930.

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Unincorporated communities in Dunklin County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{DunklinCountyMO-geo-stub