Bascom, Ohio
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Bascom, Ohio
|settlement_type = Census-designated place
|nickname =
|motto =
|image_skyline = Bascom, Ohio as viewed from Tiffin Street.JPG
|imagesize = 250px
|image_caption = Running concurrently with Ohio State Route 18, Tiffin Street bisects Bascom.
|image_flag =
|image_seal =
|image_map = OHMap-doton-Bascom.png
|mapsize = 250px
|map_caption = Location of Bascom
|image_map1 =
|mapsize1 =
|map_caption1 =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Ohio
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Seneca
|government_footnotes =
|government_type =
|leader_title =
|leader_name =
|leader_title1 =
|leader_name1 =
|established_title =
|established_date =
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 3.92
|area_land_km2 = 3.92
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi = 1.51
|area_land_sq_mi = 1.51
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 397
|population_density_km2 = 101.21
|population_density_sq_mi = 262.22
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_ft = 768
|coordinates = {{coord|41|07|35|N|83|17|08|W|region:US-OH|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 44809
|area_code = 419
|blank_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank_info = 2628862{{GNIS|2628862}}
|blank1_name =
|blank1_info =
|website =
|footnotes =
}}
Bascom ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|æ|s|k|ə|m}} {{respell|BAS|kəm}}{{cite web |title=E.W. Scripps School of Journalism Ohio Pronunciation Guide {{!}} Ohio University |url=https://www.ohio.edu/scripps-college/journalism/e-w-scripps-school-journalism-ohio-pronunciation-guide-1 |website=www.ohio.edu |publisher=Ohio University |access-date=2022-10-22 |date=2016}}) is a census-designated place in western Hopewell Township, Seneca County, Ohio. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44809 and hosts Hopewell-Loudon High School.[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615083726/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=44809 |date=June 15, 2011 }} The community is located at the intersection of State Routes 18 and 635 east of Fostoria. The population was 397 at the 2020 census.
History
Bascom was laid out in 1837.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ctlE6zuQQI0C | title=History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880 | publisher=Transcript Printing Company | author=Lang, William | year=1880 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ctlE6zuQQI0C/page/n560 540]}} The community derives its name from Scott & Bascom, publishers of The Ohio State Journal.{{Cite book |last=AC10235922 |first=Anonymus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yu2Qu1QkBSAC&dq=Scott+&pg=PA271 |title=Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States |date=1853 |publisher=Armstrong |language=en}}{{cite book|last=Baughman|first=Abraham J.|title=History of Seneca County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests|url=https://archive.org/details/historysenecaco01bauggoog|year=1911|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historysenecaco01bauggoog/page/n476 437]}} A post office called Bascom has been in operation since 1850.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Seneca |title=Seneca County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=27 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105201722/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Seneca |archivedate=5 January 2016 }}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 397
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
}}{{clear left}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Seneca County, Ohio}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Census-designated places in Ohio
Category:Census-designated places in Seneca County, Ohio
{{SenecaCountyOH-geo-stub}}