Do you know of Big Basin ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Big Basin. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Big Basin.<1>

Our sources for Big Basin (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Big Basin other than they indicate that Big Basin would be found somewhere in Santa Cruz County, California.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1928 and closed  in 1957.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Big Basin ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Big Basin:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)
Published by Southern Pacific Railroad

Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

The FIPS database contains an entry for Big Basin.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 06/06378   (Place Name: Big Basin (Big Basin Redwoods State Park))

County: Santa Cruz     (FIPS State/County: 06/087)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Big Basin) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Santa Cruz County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Santa Cruz County.