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United States Post Office, Basin, Wyoming

BASIN

Wyoming · Est. 1902
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The community is located near the center of the Bighorn Basin with the Big Horn River east of the town. Landmarks include United States Post Office and Basin Republican-Rustler Printing Building. Basin is the birthplace of Becket Hinckley, politician.

The Basin Collection

Made for Basin. Printed to order.

Every piece is drawn from Basin's own map data and historic archives, then printed and shipped from the USA when you order. No two towns look alike.

On the National Register

Historic places

Population 2010: 1,285 → 2020: 1,288

From Wikidata (CC0).

Since 1902

A short history of Basin

Winfield S. Collins founded "Basin City" in 1896 as the county seat for newly created Big Horn County. The first building was home to the "Basin City Herald". The town was incorporated in 1902 as simply "Basin". Collins was the first mayor.

Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Basin, Wyoming, revision 1377111763 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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