Bascom, Ohio

Bascom, Ohio
Bascom, Ohio
census-designated place
	Running concurrently with Ohio State Route 18, Tiffin Street bisects Bascom.
	Nickname(s): Crown jewel of Ohio
	Location of Bascom
	Coordinates: 41°07′58″N 83°17′07″W / 41.13278°N 83.28528°W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Seneca
Elevation	774 ft (236 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	44809
Area code(s)	419
GNIS feature ID	1048488

Bascom is a census-designated place in western Hopewell Township, Seneca County, Ohio, United States.^[2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 44809, as well as hosts Hopewell-Loudon Elementary and High School.^[3] The community is located at the intersection of State Routes 18 and 635 east of Fostoria.

History[]

Bascom was laid out in 1837.^[4] The community derives its name from Scott & Bascom, Ohio newspaper editors.^[5] A post office called Bascom has been in operation since 1850.^[6]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bascom, Ohio
^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Lang, William (1880). History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880. Transcript Printing Company. pp. 540.
^ Baughman, Abraham J. (1911). History of Seneca County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 437.
^ "Seneca County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

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Coordinates: 41°07′58″N 83°17′07″W / 41.13278°N 83.28528°W / 41.13278; -83.28528

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[GR3-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

[2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bascom, Ohio

[3] USPS – Cities by ZIP Code Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Lang, William (1880). History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880. Transcript Printing Company. pp. 540.

[5] Baughman, Abraham J. (1911). History of Seneca County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 437.

[6] "Seneca County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

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show v t Municipalities and communities of Seneca County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Tiffin
Cities	Bellevue‡ Fostoria‡ Tiffin
Villages	Attica Bettsville Bloomville Green Springs‡ New Riegel Republic
Townships	Adams Big Spring Bloom Clinton Eden Hopewell Jackson Liberty Loudon Pleasant Reed Scipio Seneca Thompson Venice
CDPs	Bascom Flat Rock Fort Seneca Kansas McCutchenville‡ Melmore Old Fort
Unincorporated communities	Adrian Alvada Amsden Angus Berwick Caroline Carrothers Cooper Cromers Fireside Frenchtown Iler Lowell Maple Grove Omar Reedtown Rehoboth Rockaway Saint Stephens Siam Springville Swander Watson West Lodi
Ghost towns	Hopewell Middleburg
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Bascom, Ohio
census-designated place
Running concurrently with Ohio State Route 18, Tiffin Street bisects Bascom.
Nickname(s): Crown jewel of Ohio
Location of Bascom
Coordinates: 41°07′58″N 83°17′07″W / 41.13278°N 83.28528°W / 41.13278; -83.28528
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Seneca
Elevation ^[1]	774 ft (236 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	44809
Area code(s)	419
GNIS feature ID	1048488^[1]