Welcome to Basco ...
Basco is located in Dane County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Basco, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.
Basco is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Basco lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Basco: 608 & 353<3>
Communities Also Named Basco ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Basco - it's located in Illinois.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Basco.
Communities near Basco ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Basco.
- Madison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fitchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Middleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- Waunakee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Waunakee is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
- Verona
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Verona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
- Stoughton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stoughton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,218 people
- Oregon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oregon is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,731 people
- McFarland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- McFarland is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 people
- Monona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Monona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,164 people
- Mount Horeb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
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 Basco. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Basco.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Basco. 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 Basco.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Basco. See our Newspapers Page for Basco.
Adding Basco to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Basco 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 (so far) for Basco was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Basco post office opened in 1889. The Basco post office closed in 1954.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Basco.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Dane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Basco - 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 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Basco area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Basco area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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/ |