Welcome to Bashaw ...
Bashaw is located in Burnett County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Bashaw, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.
Bashaw is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Bashaw lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Bashaw: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Bashaw ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bashaw - it's located in Alberta.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bashaw.
Communities near Bashaw ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bashaw.
- Spooner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Cumberland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Cumberland is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,097 people
- Shell Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Siren
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siren
- Siren is located in Burnett County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Siren
- From Bashaw to Siren
- Webster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Haugen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Hertel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertel
- Hertel is located in Burnett County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hertel
- From Bashaw to Hertel
- Clam Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clam Falls
- Clam Falls is located in Polk County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Clam Falls
- From Bashaw to Clam Falls
- Madge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Madge
- From Bashaw to Madge
- Webb Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Lake
- Webb Lake is located in Burnett County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Webb Lake
- From Bashaw to Webb Lake
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 Bashaw. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bashaw.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bashaw. 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 Bashaw.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bashaw. See our Newspapers Page for Bashaw.
Adding Bashaw to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Bashaw 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 for Bashaw was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
X2X - From that list, the Bashaw post office opened in 1877.
We also found Bashaw in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Bashaw.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bashaw. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Burnett County: www.burnettcounty.com/gov/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Burnett, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bashaw - 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Bashaw area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Bashaw area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |