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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 Area Code where Basin was located: 435

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.

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 (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Basin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Basin post office opened in 1899. The Basin post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Basin.

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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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