Baskin, LA

Baskin is a village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 210 residents. Baskin is located north of the parish seat of Winnsboro. Baskin was named in honor of Dr. Baskin is in the Franklin Parish School Board. Baskin School, a K-8 school, is in the town. Baskin's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Louisiana setting. The local scoop is how Baskin's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Adolphus McDuffie Baskin, a pioneer settler. Baskin is located in northwestern Franklin Parish along U.S. Route 425, which leads south 7 miles to Winnsboro and north 16 miles to Rayville.