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Welcome to Baskinton ...

Baskinton is located in Franklin Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Baskinton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Baskinton is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Baskinton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Baskinton: 318 & 457<3>

Communities near Baskinton ...

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

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 Baskinton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Baskinton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Baskinton. 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 Baskinton.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Baskinton ...

Looking for more information about Baskinton? 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 Baskinton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Baskinton.

Adding Baskinton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Baskinton 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 Baskinton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Baskinton post office opened in 1876. The Baskinton post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Baskinton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Baskinton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Baskinton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Baskinton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/