Do you know of Bassett ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bassett. 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 Bassett.
Our sources for Bassett (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Bassett other than they indicate that Bassett would be found somewhere in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1891 and closed in 1920.
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 Bassett ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Bassett.
Within New Jersey, the name Bassett is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Mississippi County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bassett [Mississippi County].
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bassett [Los Angeles County].
- Idaho
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Bassett [Jefferson County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Chickasaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Bassett [Chickasaw County].
- Kansas
- Allen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bassett [Allen County].
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Bassett [Saint Louis County].
- Nebraska
- Rock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Bassett [Rock County].
- Nevada
- White Pine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Bassett [White Pine County].
- Ohio
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bassett [Wood County].
- Texas
- Bowie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bassett [Bowie County].
- Virginia
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bassett [Henry County].
- Wisconsin
- Kenosha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Bassett [Kenosha County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bassett ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bassett:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bassett - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Gloucester 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 Gloucester County.
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Bassett 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/ |