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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Bassett. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bassett to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bassett, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Bassett (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Bassett. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Bassett is historic, it would have been located within present day Wood County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wood County: Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Putnam, Sandusky & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Bassett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bassett:
- Wood County (The home county of Bassett)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Hammansburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Cygnet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Baltimore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jerry City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Bairdstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Hoytville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Eagleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eagleville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Bloomdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Portage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Six Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Six Points is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Points
- West Millgrove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Custar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Milton Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Bluffton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverdam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Swanton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Delta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Van Buren
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- McComb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Findlay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- West Independence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Benton Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Rawson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Vanlue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vanlue is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanlue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Mount Cory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Dola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Patterson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Patterson is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Deshler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McClure
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hamler
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Grelton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Malinta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Colton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Liberty Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Holgate
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Bavaria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Napoleon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Bend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Florida
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Waterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Maumee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Holland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Air Line Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- East Toledo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Sharples
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Elmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Genoa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clay Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clay Center is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Martin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Townwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Belmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Leipsic Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilboa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- West Leipsic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Ottawa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pandora
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Glandorf
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Miller City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Columbus Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kieferville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Gibsonburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Helena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burgoon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Woodville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gabels Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Lindsey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Ballville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Fremont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Fostoria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alvada
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Bascom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Riegel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bettsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cromers
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cromers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Linden ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Linden is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Maple Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Adrian
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Berwick
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Fort Seneca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Tiffin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McCutchenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Carey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wharton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Mexico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Kirby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bassett, see our County-by-County Page for Bassett.
Cemeteries Near Bassett ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bassett.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Bassett - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bassett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Hough Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maple Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cygnet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fayler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jerry City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Radar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bechel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (380 more) ...
- Wingston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Bassett in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bassett.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bassett, with the one closest to Bassett listed first.
- Oil Center ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oil Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Hammansburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- North Baltimore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Galatea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Galatea is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatea
- Cygnet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trombley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trombley is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trombley
- Bays
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bays is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays
- Bairdstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Jerry City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Mungen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mungen is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mungen
- Wingston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wingston is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingston
- Hoytville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Digby
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Digby is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Digby
- Van Buren
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rudolph
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rudolph is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bassett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bassett.
Newspapers Published in Bassett ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bassett.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bassett, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bassett.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Bassett:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Wyandot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bassett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bassett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |