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History · Baskin

Baskin’s post office opened in 1899

Most of Baskin was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1987 on and the census since 1920.

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How Baskin began

When was Baskin founded?

1899

The Baskin post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 654 in 19202020 census: 210127 years
Founding year: the first Baskin post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Baskin’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Baskin are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Baskin came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Baskin.

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Baskin was named in honor of Dr. Adolphus McDuffie Baskin, a pioneer settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Baskin, 1899 to 1992

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899Post officeThe Baskin post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1987On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1992Born hereLainey Wilson is born here
By decade

Baskin, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Baskin 2019 tornado damage2019Baskin 2019 tornado damageU.S. Post Office, Baskin, LA IMG 03432010U.S. Post Office, Baskin, LA IMG 0343Baskin, LA, Veterans Memorial IMG 03352010Baskin, LA, Veterans Memorial IMG 0335Baskin, LA, Baptist Church IMG 03412010Baskin, LA, Baptist Church IMG 0341Interesting Monument - Baskin Louisiana Cemetery2006Interesting Monument - Baskin Louisiana CemeteryLAMap-doton-Baskin2004LAMap-doton-Baskin
On the map

Baskin on the map in 1987

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Baskin.

Baskin on the 1987 USGS map1987Baskinton sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Baskin.

People over time

Baskin, census by census

0100200300400500600700192019401960198020002020Peak: 654

Between 117 and 654 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Baskin’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Baskin’s history

What year was Baskin founded?

The Baskin post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.