Welcome to Basswood ...

Basswood is located in Richland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Basswood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Basswood is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Basswood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Basswood: 608 & 353<3>

Communities Also Named Basswood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Basswood - they are located in Manitoba, Michigan and Minnesota.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Basswood.

Communities near Basswood ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Basswood.

• Richland Center
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Richland Center is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
• Boscobel
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Boscobel is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
• Muscoda
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Muscoda is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
• Lone Rock
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Lone Rock is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
• Highland
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Highland is located in Iowa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
• Viola
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Viola is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
• Avoca
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Avoca is located in Iowa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
• Soldiers Grove
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
• Gays Mills
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
• Blue River
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Blue River is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 418 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 Basswood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Basswood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Basswood. 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 Basswood.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Basswood. See our Newspapers Page for Basswood.

Adding Basswood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Basswood 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 Basswood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Basswood post office opened in 1869. The Basswood post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Basswood.