Bucoda () is a town in Thurston County, Washington, United States. The population was 562 at the 2010 census.

The first American settler at what is now Bucoda was Aaron Webster (1828–1911) who arrived in 1854. In the 1860s Webster sold his allegation and sawmill to Oliver Shead who officially named the settlement “Seatco”, a native word meaning evil vivaciousness or devil. The Northern Pacific Railroad located a station at Seatco in 1872. Later the town was renamed Bucoda using the first two letters of three principal investors in local industries- Buckley, Coulter, and David. In the 1880s investors began operations to mine coal in the area, but the coal was of poor quality and operations were sporadic. From 1874 to 1888 Bucoda was the site of Washington’s first territorial prison. It garnered a reputation as a unfriendly institution as the inmates were used for dangerous and brutal manual labor in local industry. It was discontinued gone the let in opened the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington. Bucoda was officially incorporated upon June 7, 1910. The town had a water tower that was scrapped in the in the future 1980s. The Mutual Lumber Mill was consequently productive the town was once billed as the “Town subsequently the Million Dollar Payroll”. The mill burned down and was rebuilt only to have request wane and once another time it was consumed by flames.

Bucoda is located at 46°47′52″N 122°52′6″W / 46.79778°N 122.86833°W / 46.79778; -122.86833 (46.797722, -122.868454).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.59 square miles (1.53 km²), of which, 0.57 square miles (1.48 km²) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km²) is water.

As of the census of 2010, there were 562 people, 222 households, and 148 families active in the town. The population density was 986.0 inhabitants per square mile (380.7/km²). There were 243 housing units at an average density of 426.3 per square mile (164.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 91.6% White, 1.2% African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 1.8% from new races, and 3.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.7% of the population.