Welcome to Basin ...
So far, we found very little information about Basin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Basin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Basin, please Contact Us.
Basin would have been located within present day Grand County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Basin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.
Time Zone: The area where Basin was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Basin once stood is in the (435) area code.
Communities Also Named Basin ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Basin - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Mississippi (2), Montana, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Basin.
Communities near Basin ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Basin.
- Moab
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moab
- Moab is located in Grand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,373 people
- Former names for Moab:
- Grand Valley
- Mormon Fort
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moab <3>
- Castle Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Valley
- Castle Valley is located in Grand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Castleton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
- Castleton is located in Grand County
- Wilson's Mesa ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilson's Mesa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mesa
- Wilson's Mesa is located in Grand County
- Wilson's Mesa has also been known as:
- Mesa
- Plainfield ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Plainfield is located in Grand County
- Plainfield has also been known as:
- Bueno
- Poverty Flat
- Poverty Flats
- Spanish Valley
- Spanish Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Valley
- Spanish Valley is located in San Juan County
- Richardson ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richardson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Richardson is located in Grand County
- La Sal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Sal
- La Sal is located in San Juan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Sal <3>
- La Sal ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Gateway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
- Gateway is located in Mesa County (CO)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gateway <3>
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 Basin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Basin.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Basin. 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 Basin.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Basin. See our Newspapers Page for Basin.
Adding Basin to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Basin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Basin post office opened in 1899.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Basin.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Grand County: www.grandcountyutah.net/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
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 Basin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Grand, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |