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History · Bassett Township

Half of Bassett Township’s homes were built after 1975

Most of Bassett Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1957 on.

0on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bassett Township’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 Bassett Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Bassett Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bassett Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Skibo
1902–1913
Toimi
1910–1935
Skibo
1918–1919
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BassettClappersRenoSkibo
Gone or out of use
Skibo Post Officepost officeToimi Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Bassett Township
Bassett

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Bassett Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bassett Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Bassett is an unincorporated community in Bassett Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States located within the Superior National Forest. The community is located 23 miles southeast of the city of Hoyt Lakes on Saint Louis County Highway 16. Highway 16 serves as a direct east–west route in northeast Minnesota between U.S. Highway 53 and Silver Bay. Bassett is located 34 miles northwest of the city of Two Harbors. The boundary line between Saint Louis and Lake counties is near Bassett. Hall Road and Round Lake Road are both in the vicinity. The communities of Fairbanks, Toimi, Petrel, Brimson, Rollins, and Wales are all located near Bassett. Toimi Creek and Petrel Creek both flow…

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 41 to 36 (-12%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Bassett Township, 1902 to 1957

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Skibo post office opens
  3. 1910Post officeThe Toimi post office opens
  4. 1913Post officeThe Skibo post office closes
  5. 1918Post officeThe Skibo post office opens
  6. 1919Post officeThe Skibo post office closes
  7. 1935Post officeThe Toimi post office closes
  8. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Bassett Township on the map, 1957 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bassett Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Bassett Township on the 1957 USGS mapBassett Township on the 1976 USGS mapBassett Township on the 1981 USGS map1957Brimson sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Bassett Township

Nobody well known was born in Bassett Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Francine YorkAmerican actress, showgirl · b. 1936
Daniel BerriganAmerican Catholic priest, peace activist, and p… · b. 1921
Mark PavelichAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1958
Matt CullenAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1976
Nick BegichAmerican politician · b. 1932
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Frank BrimsekAmerican ice hockey goaltender · b. 1915
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

BabbittIts storyDFairbanks TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHoyt Lakes1 historic placeD

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.