Bascom

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Bascom

Total population

298

Median home value

$145,500

20.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$90,592

Bascom$91k

National$74k

Elevation236 m

Land area3.92 km²

Weather39°F · Clear

Coordinates41.13°, -83.29°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bascom 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. 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 & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Bascom, OH from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Sue Myrick

American politician

Rodger Young

Medal of Honor recipient (1918–1943)

Paul Gillmor

American politician (1939–2007)

Charles Foster

35th Governor of Ohio and 40th Secretary of the Treasury (1828-1904)

John Quinn

American lawyer and art collector (1870-1924)

John R. Goodin

American politician (1836-1885)

A

Al Michaels

American football player (1900-1972)

Bill Groman

American football player (1936-2020)

G

George Cressey

American geographer

George Francis Houck

Roman Catholic priest

John R. Park

American academic (1833–1900)

Luther M. Strong

American politician

M

Marty Becker

American baseball player (1893-1957)

M

Merel S. Sager

American architect

O

Oliver Edwin Baker

American geographer (1883–1949)

P

Paul Maloy

American baseball player (1892–1976)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ohio

• New Riegel
  5.6 mi away
• Bettsville
  8.4 mi away
• Old Fort
  10.5 mi away
• Melmore
  11.8 mi away
• Republic
  14.1 mi away
• Bloomville
  15.2 mi away
• Ballville
  15.6 mi away · pop. 3,929
• Mount Blanchard
  21.2 mi away
• Attica
  21.3 mi away
• Nevada
  22.9 mi away
• Portage
  23 mi away
• Flat Rock
  23.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bascom

McNeils travels in 1849 to, through, and from the gold regions in California. Columbus [Ohio]

Samuel McNeil · 1958

Constitution submitted by the Convention for adoption by the people of the State of Ohio, on the third Tuesday of June, 1851

Ohio · 1851

Smoky Mountain ballads

Bascom Lamar Lunsford · 1953

Meeting the needs of single mothers through housing

Daniel Edward Bascom · 1995

Stray poems

Walter Bascom Clinard · 1912

Official reports of the debates and proceedings of the Ohio State Convention

Ohio. Constitutional Convention · 1851

Robinson's Seneca County, Ohio rural directory

Inc Robinson Directories

The Ohio Journal of Education

Ohio State Teachers Association · 1853

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Cedar Beetle

Sandalus niger

Seen 2026-10-03

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-10-03

common pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Seen 2026-10-02

garden cosmos

Cosmos bipinnatus

Seen 2026-10-02

velvetleaf

Abutilon theophrasti

Seen 2026-10-02

Small White

Pieris rapae

Seen 2026-10-02

American burnweed

Erechtites hieraciifolius

Seen 2026-10-02

Spotted Lanternfly

Lycorma delicatula

Seen 2026-09-30

Japanese Burrowing Cricket

Velarifictorus micado

Seen 2026-09-29

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).