Official Name: | Basham, Alabama |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Alabama#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Basham |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Name2: | Morgan |
Elevation Ft: | 745 |
Elevation M: | 227 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 34.5147°N -87.0181°W |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 35603 |
Area Code: | 256 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 156031 |
Basham is an unincorporated community in western Morgan County, Alabama, United States, located just south of the city limits of the Morgan County seat Decatur.
Originally known as Basham's Gap, the community was settled by James H. Basham circa 1818.[1] A post office operated under the name Basham's Gap from 1847 to 1895 and under the name Basham from 1895 to 1907.[2]