Bassett, California
| Bassett | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
| Bassett | |
 Location within Los Angeles county | |
  Bassett Location within the state of California | |
| Coordinates: 34°2′55″N 117°59′42″W / 34.04861°N 117.99500°WCoordinates: 34°2′55″N 117°59′42″W / 34.04861°N 117.99500°W | |
| Country |
 United States of America |
| State |
 California |
| County |
 Los Angeles |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 91746 |
| Area code(s) | 626 |
Bassett is an unincorporated community in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located within the Census-designated place boundaries of Avocado Heights.[1][2][3] Located in the San Gabriel Valley, the ZIP Code is 91746 and the community is inside area code 626.
History
Joseph Workman, the son of William Workman, owned 814 acres (3.29 km2) of the Rancho La Puente land, and borrowed money on the property. He was not able to keep up the mortgage payments so the bank acquired the property. In 1895, O.T. Bassett bought the property and Bassett Township was established.[4] In 1921, Josephine (Workman) Akley, the youngest child of Joseph Workman, won a lawsuit to recover an interest in the Rancho La Puente land that her father sold. However, the decision was reversed in 1922.
