Welcome to Basic ...
Basic is located in Clarke County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Basic, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.
Basic is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Basic lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Basic: 601 & 769<3>
Communities Also Named Basic ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Basic - they are located in Nevada (2) and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Basic.
Communities near Basic ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Basic.
- Meridian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Meridian is located in Lauderdale County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,011 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <4>
- Quitman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quitman have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Quitman is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <4>
- Marion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Lauderdale County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <4>
- Stonewall
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Hickory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Enterprise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <4>
- Chunky
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunky
- Chunky is located in Newton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chunky <4>
- Pachuta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Lost Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Fellowship ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fellowship. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
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 Basic. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Basic.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Basic. 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 Basic.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Basic. See our Newspapers Page for Basic.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Basic ...
Looking for more information about Basic? 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 Basic, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Basic.
Adding Basic to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Basic 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 Basic was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Basic post office opened in 1900.
We also found Basic on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Basic.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Basic. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Clarke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Basic - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Basic area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Basic 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |