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Welcome to Basin ...Basin is located in Cassia County<1>. Google driving directions from your current location to Basin (Patience, this may take a moment). We aren't confident of the location of Basin, so consider the above location to be an estimate.<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Basin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. Basin is 4,990 feet [1,521 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Basin is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Basin lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Basin: 208 & 986<4> Communities Also Named Basin ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Basin - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Mississippi (2), Montana, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Basin. Communities near Basin ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Basin.
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 Basin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Basin. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Basin. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Basin. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Basin. See our Newspapers Page for Basin. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Basin ...Looking for more information about Basin? 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 Basin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Basin. Adding Basin to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Basin 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 for Basin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Basin in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Basin. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Basin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Cassia County: www.cassiacounty.org/ The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/ Footnotes ...
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