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Do you know of Basin ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about 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 Basin.

We found mention of Basin as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Washington County, Maine.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1900 and closed  in 1907.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Basin ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Basin.

Within Maine, the name Basin is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Basin [Coffee County].
    • Arkansas
      • Newton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Basin [Newton County].
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Basin [San Bernardino County].
    • Colorado
      • San Miguel County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Basin [San Miguel County].
    • Idaho
      • Cassia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Basin [Cassia County].
    • Mississippi
      • George County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Basin [George County].
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Basin [Jackson County].
    • Montana
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Basin [Jefferson County].
    • Texas
      • Brewster County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Basin [Brewster County].
    • Utah
      • Grand County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Basin [Grand County].
    • West Virginia
      • Wyoming County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Basin [Wyoming County].
    • Wyoming
      • Big Horn County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Basin [Big Horn County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Basin ...

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Basin.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 23/03215   (Place Name: Basin)

County: Washington     (FIPS State/County: 23/029)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, 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  Washington County ...

Can you help?

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 Washington County.

Addison Point 
Ayers JunctionMachias Center
 Masons Bay
CampbellsMcGeorges
 Millbridge
Dudley's 
 Narragaugus
East Harrington 
EllisPassamaquoddy
 Pleasant Lake
Forest Station 
 Robinson
Indian Point 
IndianSalmon Falls
IndianSandy River Beach
 South Beddington
Jonesport Center 
 Todds Farm
Kinney CoveTracy Corners
KossuthTrescott

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Basin could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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