Baskin Louisiana Map

About Baskin, Louisiana

Baskin is a locality in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 210. The population density is 60.8 people per km². Baskin is located at 32.2590°N, 91.7476°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Baskin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71219.

Baskin stretches across a low, fertile expanse where the heavy, humid air seems to hold the light of the sun long after it has dipped below the horizon. It lies 27.7 miles southeast of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 128°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north-northwest of Winnsboro. Pine Bayou cuts a sluggish, dark path through the damp earth near the edge of the settlement, its muddy banks choked with the tangled roots of cypress and willow. Only a mile away, the quiet stillness of Round Pond mirrors the shifting clouds, providing a glassy surface that breaks the monotony of the flat, sun-drenched fields. To the west, the faint, hazy suggestion of Hill Ridge rises against the sky, a distant undulation that defines the limit of the horizon and anchors the sprawling, quiet landscape.

Baskin maintains a deliberate, measured pace, its economy deeply rooted in the seasonal cycles of the soil and the rhythm of the harvest. Families have worked these flat, productive tracts for generations, cultivating the land with a persistent, quiet industry that values the steady return of the crop over the frantic pulse of the modern world. Life here is defined by the proximity to the earth and the occasional excursion to Landis Memorial Park, where the trees offer a brief, shaded respite from the heat of the afternoon. There is a particular clarity in the way Baskin observes the changing seasons, a communal recognition that the strength of the place lies in its continuity and the unadorned, honest labor of its people.

About This Baskin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Baskin, Louisiana. Coordinates: 32.259038, -91.747626. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Baskin includes the ZIP code (71219), telephone area code (318), county seat of Franklin Parish, and school district assignment (Franklin Parish School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.