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Bassett is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in the town of Randall in southwestern Kenosha County,
Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
, United States. The Randall Town Hall is in the community.


History

Bassett was first settled by Henry Bassett and his son Reuben in 1842, six years before Wisconsin statehood, when were purchased.
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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.


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* Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Kenosha County, Wisconsin {{KenoshaCountyWI-geo-stub