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Welcome to Basinger ...

Basinger is located in Okeechobee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Basinger, you might consider that their post office opened in 1941.

Basinger is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Basinger lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Basinger: 863

Communities near Basinger ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Basinger.

  • Okeechobee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lorida
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Cypress Quarters
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cypress Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Quarters
  • Taylor Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Taylor Creek is located in Okeechobee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Creek
  • Buckhead Ridge
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Buckhead Ridge is located in Glades County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead Ridge
  • Sylvan Shores
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Sylvan Shores is located in Highlands County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Shores
  • Lake Placid
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Yeehaw Junction
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • De Soto City
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • De Soto City is located in Highlands County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto City
  • Archbold
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Archbold is located in Highlands County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archbold

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Basinger. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Basinger.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Basinger. See our Newspapers Page for Basinger.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Basinger ...

Looking for more information about Basinger? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Basinger, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Basinger.

Adding Basinger to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Basinger in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Basinger was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Basinger post office opened in 1941. The Basinger post office closed in 1980.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Basinger.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Okeechobee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Basinger - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/