Official Name: | Bassett, Wisconsin |
Pushpin Map: | Wisconsin#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Bassett |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kenosha |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Randall |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 774 |
Coordinates: | 42.5406°N -88.2278°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 53101[1] |
Area Code: | 262 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1561291 |
Bassett is an unincorporated community in the town of Randall in southwestern Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States.[2] The Randall Town Hall is in the community.
Bassett was first settled by Henry Bassett and his son Reuben in 1842, six years before Wisconsin statehood, when were purchased.[3] The population accelerated when the Kenosha and Rockford Railroad was built through the community in the later 19th century, and Henry Bassett contributed land for that purpose. The railroad was abandoned in May 1939. The community was originally known as Bassett's Station and then Bassetts.